OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION.

SEC. 5341. OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION. (a) In General.—There is established, in the Department of Education, an Office of Indian Education. (b) Director.— (1) The Office of Indian Education shall be under the direction of the Director of the Office of Indian Education, who shall be appointed by the Secretary from a list of nominees submitted to the Secretary by the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. (2) The Director of the Office of Indian Education shall— (A) be responsible for administering the provisions of this part, (B) be responsible for the development of all policies and procedures relative to the implementation of this part, (C) be involved in, and primarily responsible for, development of all policies affecting Indians under programs within the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education of the Department of Education, and (D) coordinate the development of policy and practices for all programs in the Department of Education relating to Indians and Alaskan Natives. (2) The Director of the Office of Indian Education shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education. (3) The Director of the Office of Indian Education shall be compensated at the rate prescribed for, and shall be placed in, grade 18 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of 102 STAT. 412title 5, United States Code, and shall perform such duties as are delegated or assigned to the Director by the Secretary. The position created by this subsection shall be in addition to the number of positions placed in grade 18 of such General Schedule under section 5108 of title 5, United States Code. (c) Indian Preference.— (1)(A) All professional staff within the Office of Indian Education shall have experience with Indian education programs. The Secretary shall give a preference to Indians in all personnel actions within the Office of Indian Education. Such preference shall be implemented in the same fashion as the preference given to any veteran referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 2108(3) of title 5, United States Code. (B) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to all personnel actions taken after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) The Secretary shall provide a one-time preference for qualified individuals who— (A) are not Indians, (B) are serving within the Office of Indian Education on the date of enactment of this Act, and (C) desire to take another position in the Department of Education which is not within the Office of Indian Education and for which there is a vacancy.