2011 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 21 - INDIAN CHILD WELFARE (§§ 1901 - 1963)
Subchapter IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1961 - 1963)
Section 1961 - Locally convenient day schools

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 25 - INDIANS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 25 - INDIANS
CHAPTER 21 - INDIAN CHILD WELFARE
SUBCHAPTER IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1961 - Locally convenient day schools
Containssection 1961
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 95-608, title IV, §401, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078; Pub. L. 96-88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.
Statutes at Large References92 Stat. 3078
93 Stat. 695
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 95-608, Public Law 96-88
Congressional Bill ReferenceUnknown Value5 103rd Congress

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25 USC § 1961 (2011)
§1961. Locally convenient day schools (a) Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that the absence of locally convenient day schools may contribute to the breakup of Indian families.

(b) Report to Congress; contents, etc.

The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare, in consultation with appropriate agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the feasibility of providing Indian children with schools located near their homes, and to submit such report to the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives within two years from November 8, 1978. In developing this report the Secretary shall give particular consideration to the provision of educational facilities for children in the elementary grades.

(Pub. L. 95–608, title IV, §401, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

Change of Name

“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate redesignated Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate by section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third Congress.

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

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