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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987

PUBLIC LAW 100-175—NOV. 29, 1987

101 STAT. 973

preceding initial application or annual reapplication for program participation. "(3)(A) The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Commissioner on Aging, may establish separate guidelines for reimbursement of institutions described in this subsection. "(B) The guidelines shall contain provisions designed to assure that reimbursement under this subsection shall not duplicate reimbursement under part C of title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, for the same meal served.".

TITLE V—NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1987".

Native American Programs Act Amendments of 1987. 42 USC 2991 note.

SEC. 502. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.

The Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 29912992d) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of section 803(a) by inserting ", on a 42 USC 2991b. single year or multiyear basis," after "financial assistance", (2) by redesignating sections 813 and 814 as sections 815 and 42 USC 2992c, 2992d. 816, respectively, (3) by redesignating sections 806 through 812, as sections 807 42 USC 2991e-2992b. through 813, respectively, and (4) by inserting after section 805 the following: PANEL REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE

"SEC. 806. (a)(1) The Secretary shall establish a formal panel 42 USC 299ld-l. review process for purposes of— "(A) evaluating applications for financial assistance under sections 803 and 805; and V "(B) determining the relative merits of the projects for which such assistance is requested. "(2) To implement the process established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint members of review panels from among individuals who are not officers or employees of the Administration for Native Americans. In making appointments to such panels, the Secretary shall give preference to American Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives. "(b) Each review panel appointed under subsection (a)(2) that reviews any application for financial assistance shall— "(1) determine the merit of each project described in such application; "(2) rank such application with respect to all other applications it reviews for the fiscal year involved, according to the relative merit of all of the projects that are described in such application and for which financial assistance is requested; and > "(3) submit to the Secretary a list that identifies all applications reviewed by such panel and arranges such applications according to rank determined under paragraph (2). "(c) Upon the request of the chairman of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate or of the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives made with respect to any application for financial assistance under section 803