Us Code § 1963 - Severability

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§ 1963. Severability

If any provision of this chapter or the applicability thereof is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.

(Pub. L. 95–608, title IV, §403, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3078.)

CHAPTER 22—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS

Sec.
2000.
Declaration of policy.
2001.
Accreditation for the basic education of Indian children in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.
2002.
National criteria for home-living situations.
2003.
Codification of regulations.
2004.
School boundaries.
2005.
Facilities construction.
2006.
Bureau of Indian Affairs education functions.
2007.
Allotment formula.
2008.
Administrative cost grants.
2009.
Division of Budget Analysis.
2010.
Uniform direct funding and support.
2011.
Policy for Indian control of Indian education.
2012.
Indian education personnel.
2013.
Computerized management information system.
2014.
Recruitment of Indian educators.
2015.
Annual report; audits.
2016.
Rights of Indian students.
2017.
Regulations.
2018.
Regional meetings and negotiated rulemaking.
2019.
Early childhood development program.
2020.
Tribal departments or divisions of education.
2021.
Definitions.

        

Editorial Notes

Codification

Part B of title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978, comprising this chapter, was originally enacted as part B of title XI of Pub. L. 95–561, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2316, and amended by 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783; Pub. L. 96–46, Aug. 6, 1979, 93 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 96–88, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 97–375, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1819; Pub. L. 98–511, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2366; Pub. L. 99–89, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 99–228, Dec. 28, 1985, 99 Stat. 1747; Pub. L. 99–570, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207; Pub. L. 100–297, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 100–427, Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1603; Pub. L. 101–301, May 24, 1990, 104 Stat. 206; Pub. L. 102–531, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3469; Pub. L. 103–382, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3518; Pub. L. 104–134, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 104–140, May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327; Pub. L. 105–244, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1581; Pub. L. 105–362, Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3280; Pub. L. 106–554, Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763. Part B of title XI of the Act is shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 107–110 without reference to such intervening amendments because of the extensive amendment of the part's provisions by Pub. L. 107–110, title X, §1042, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2007.

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