ENROLLMENT AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.

SEC. 1045. ENROLLMENT AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. Section 5404(a) of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 13d–2(a)) is amended— (1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting the following: “(a) In General.—The Secretary of the Interior shall not disqualify from continued receipt of general assistance payments from the Bureau of Indian Affairs an otherwise eligible Indian for whom the Bureau is making or may make general assistance payments (or exclude such an individual from continued consideration in determining the amount of general assistance payments for a household) because the individual is enrolled (and is making satisfactory progress toward completion of a program or training that can reasonably be expected to lead to gainful employment) for at least half-time study or training in—”; and (2) by striking paragraph (4), and inserting the following: “(4) other programs or training approved by the Secretary or by tribal education, employment or training programs.”.