Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/358

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97 STAT. 326 PUBLIC LAW 98-63—JULY 30, 1983 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 25 USC 292b. 96 Stat. 1974. Sur vey. 60 Stat. 348. 42 USC 2001- 2004b. OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS For an additional amount for "Operation of Indian Programs", $53,150,000: Provided, That $22,000,000 of such amount shall be available until expended for transfer to the State of Alaska on the condition that the State use the funds for the benefit of Alaska Native secondary students by either renovating the former Bureau of Indian Affairs Mount Edgecumbe Boarding School or construct- ing another non-Federal boarding school facility and the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall not expend any other funds for the operation of any secondary education program or facility in the State after June 30, 1983: Provided further, That while consultation concerning day school transfers to the State of Alaska will continue with affected villages, local concurrence is not required in this continuing effort to establish a single system of education envisioned by the State's constitution: Provided further. That after June 30, 1984, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall fund no more than ten day schools in Alaska: Provided further. That the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall not fund any schools in Alaska after June 30, 1985: Provided further. That $9,350,000 of such amount shall be available until expended for transfer to the State of Alaska to assist in the rehabilitation or reconstruction of Bureau-owned schools which are transferred to the State: Provided further. That the $9,350,000 appropriated in Public Law 97-394 available to the State of Alaska to assist in the rehabili- tation of Bureau-owned schools which are transferred to the State may also be used for reconstruction: Provided further, That when any Alaska day school operated by contract is transferred, the State shall assume any existing contract pertaining to the operation or maintenance of such school for a minimum of two years or until the expiration of the negotiated contract, whichever comes first: Pro- vided further. That nothing in the foregoing shall preclude assist- ance otherwise available under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596) as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), or any other Act to such schools on the same basis as other public schools: Provided further. That the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare within one year after the date of this Act, an official survey by supplemental plat and convey to the State of Alaska all right, title, and interest of the United States, including all improvements situated thereon, in the following described lands: That portion of Japonski Island (U.S. Survey No. 1496, within protracted sections 34 and 35, T. 55 S., R. 63 E., sections 2 and 3, T. 56 S., R. 63 E., Copper River Meridian, State of Alaska), withdrawn from the public domain of the United States by Public Law 79-478 and Public Law 83-568 for use of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, except the smallest practicable tract, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, enclosing land actually used in connection with the administration of the Indian Health Service hospital on the date of this Act (this IHS-used land comprising no more than 15.25 acres, excluding roads). The southwesterly boundary of these lands is common with lands withdrawn for use of the United States Coast Guard by public land order and with lands held by the State of Alaska, Division of Aviation. Such conveyance is conditioned upon the execution by the State of Alaska of an agreement to begin operating a Mount Edgecumbe