107 STAT. 1392 PUBLIC LAW 103-138—NOV. 11, 1993 and recommended its implementation to the Secretary and such proposal has been submitted to and approved by the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Bureau may submit a reorganization proposal related only to management improvements, along with Task Force comments or recommendations to the Committees on Appropriations for review and disposition by the Committees: Provided further, That to provide funding uniformity within a Self- Governance Compact, any funds provided in this Act with availability for more than one year may be reprogrammed to one year availabihty but shall remain available within the Compact until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, Indian tribal governments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility criteria or by other means, change eligibility for general assistance or change the amount of gener^ assistance payments for individuals within the service area of such tribe who are otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance payments so long as such changes are applied in a consistent manner to individuals similarly situated: Provided further. That any savings reaUzed by such changes shall be available for use in meeting other priorities of the tribes: Provided further. That any such change must be part of a comprehensive tribal plan for reducing the long-term need for general assistance payments: Provided further. That any such tribal plan must incorporate, to the greatest extent feasible, currently existing social service, educational training, and employ- ment assistance resources prior to changing general assistsince eligibility or pa3anent standards which would have the effect of increasing the cost of general assistance: Provided further. That any net increase in costs to the Federal government which result solely from tribally increased payment levels and which are not part of such a comprehensive tribal plan shall be met exclusively from funds available to the tribe from within its tribal priority allocation: Provided further. That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 1994, may be transferred during fiscal year 1995 to an Indian forest land assistance account established for the benefit of such tribe within the tribe's trust fund account: Provided further. That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 1995: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools xmder the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), shall be available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska in fisceil year 1994: Provided further. That the Bureau shall form a Joint Task Force with representatives of Alaska Natives and Alaska schools to examine the needs of the schools and formulate recommendations to address those needs in fiscal year 1994: Provided further. That any funds provided under this head or previously provided for tribally-controUed community colleges which are distributed prior to September 30, 1994 which have been or are being invested or administered in compliance with section 331 of the Higher Education Act shall be deemed to be in comphance for current and future purposes with title III of the Tribsdly Controlled Community Colleges Assistance Act.
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