(3) provide assistance to students who
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(a) participate in telecommunications or information technology
work study programs;
(b) are enrolled in a full-time graduate or undergraduate program in
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telecommunications-related
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management.
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education,
development,
planning,
or
(D) Treatment. - A training and technical assistance grant to an entity shall be in
addition to any block grant provided to the entity.
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(E) Provision o/Technical Assistance by the Commission. - The Commission may
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provide technical assistance, directly or through contracts, to - (1) eligible entities; and
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(2) persons or entities that assist ICC/IP organizations.
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SECTION 8. Compliance. -
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(A) Audit by the Commission on Audit (CGA). -
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(I) In General. - The COA may audit any financial transaction involving
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grant funds carried out by a block grant recipient or training and technical
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assistance grant recipient.
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(2) Scope
0/ Authority.
- In conducting an audit under paragraph (I), the
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COA shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers,
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things, or property belonging to or in use by the grant recipient that relate to the
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financial transaction and are necessary to facilitate the audit.
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(B) Environmental Protection and Indigenous Peoples Rights. -
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(1) In General. - After consultation with rural communities, the Council
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may promulgate regulations to - (a) ensure that the policies of the Indigenous
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Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and other laws further the purposes of that Act (as
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specified by the regulations), are most effectively implemented in connection with
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