To allow the Bureau of Indian Education to apply for certain competitive grants under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

SA 2149. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs.
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 799, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:

SEC. 9114A. APPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS FROM THE
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.

Subpart 2 of part F of title IX (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.),
as amended by sections 4001(3) and 9114 and redesignated by
section 9106(1), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 9539. APPLICATION FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS FROM THE
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION.

``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act and subject to subsection (b), the Bureau of Indian
Education may apply for, and carry out, any grant program
awarded on a competitive basis under this Act, as
appropriate, on behalf of the schools and the Indian children
that the Bureau serves, and shall not be subject to any
provision of the program that requires grant recipients to
contribute funds toward the costs of the grant program.
``(b) Limitation.--In the case of any competitive grant
program described in subsection (a) that also provides a
reservation of funds to the Bureau of Indian Education, the
Bureau shall not, for any fiscal year, receive both a grant
and a reservation under the competitive grant program.''.
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