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"SEC. 417. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review, audit, and evaluate any Federal education program upon request by a committee of the Congress having jurisdiction of the statute authorizing such program or, to the extent personnel are available, upon request by a member of such committee. Upon such request, he shall (1) conduct studies of statutes and regulations governing such program; (2) review the policies and practices of Federal agencies administering such program; (3) review the evaluation procedures adopted by such agencies carrying out such program; and (4) evaluate particular projects or programs. The Comptroller General shall compile such data as are necessary to carry out the preceding functions and shall report to the Congress at such times as he deems appropriate his findings with respect to such program and his recommendations for such modifications in existing laws, regulations, procedures and practices as will in his judgment best serve to carry out effectively and without duplication the policies set forth in education legislation relative to such program. "(b) I n carrying out his responsibilities as provided in subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall give particular attention to the practice of Federal agencies of contracting with private fiiTns, organizations and individuals for the provision of a wide range of studies and services (such as personnel recruitment and training, program evaluation, and program administration) with respect to Federal education programs, and shall report to the heads of the agencies concerned and to the Congress his findings with respect to the necessity for such contracts and their effectiveness in serving the objectives established in education legislation. "<^c) I n addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated under section 400(c), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.". TITLE IV — IX D I A N EDUCATKTX SHORT TITLE
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SEC. 411. (a) The Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congi'ess), is amended by redesignating title III as title TV, by redesignating sections 301 through 303 and references thereto .^g sections 401 through 403, respectively, and by adding after title II the following new title: " TITLE III — F I N A N C I A L A S S I S T A N C E TO LOCAL EDUCAT I O N A L A G E N C I E S FOR TLIE E D U C A T I O N OF I N D I A N CHILDREN "SHORT
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