Sec. 5. authorization of appropriations
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## Sec. 5 authorization of appropriations ###
(a)####
(1)For the purpose of making construction grants under this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2014. ####
(2)Sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection for construction shall, unless otherwise provided in appropriations Acts, remain available until expended. ####
(3)Sums described in paragraph
(2)shall be used to provide grants for construction activities, including the construction of buildings, water and sewer facilities, roads, information technology and telecommunications infrastructure, classrooms, and external structures (such as walkways). ###
(b)####
(1)There are authorized to be appropriated for grants to Dine´ College such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2014 to pay the cost of— #####
(A)the maintenance and operation of the College, including— ######
(i)basic, special, developmental, vocational, technical, and special handicapped education costs; ######
(ii)annual capital expenditures, including equipment needs, minor capital improvements and remodeling projects, physical plant maintenance and operation costs, and exceptions and supplemental need account; and ######
(iii)summer and special interest programs; #####
(B)major capital improvements, including internal capital outlay funds and capital improvement projects; #####
(C)mandatory payments, including payments due on bonds, loans, notes, or lease purchases; #####
(D)supplemental student services, including student housing, food service, and the provision of access to books and services; and ##### (E)2 improving and expanding the College, including by providing, for the Navajo people and others in the community of the College— 2Margin of subparagraph
(E)so in law. ######
(i)higher education programs; ######
(ii)career and technical education; ######
(iii)activities relating to the preservation and protection of the Navajo language, philosophy, and culture; ######
(iv)employment and training opportunities; ######
(v)economic development and community outreach; and ######
(vi)a safe learning, working, and living environment. ####
(2)The Secretary shall make payments, pursuant to grants under this subsection, in advance installments of not less than 40 per centum of the funds available for allotment, based on anticipated or actual numbers of full-time equivalent Indian students or such other factors as determined by the Secretary. Adjustments for overpayments and underpayments shall be applied to the remainder of such funds and such remainder shall be delivered no later than July 1 of each year. ###
(c)The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to establish by rule procedures to insure that all funds appropriated under this Act are properly identified for grants to Dine´ College and that such funds are not commingled with appropriations historically expended by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for programs and projects normally provided on the Navajo Reservation for Navajo beneficiaries.