---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 3409"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "3409"
heading: "Employer training placements"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/3409"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Indian Employment, Training and Related Services"
---

# §3409. Employer training placements

- (a) **In general—** Subject to [subsection (b)](#b), an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) that has in place an approved plan under this chapter may use the funds made available for the plan under this chapter—
  - (1) to place participants in training positions with employers; and
  - (2) to pay the participants a training allowance or wage for a training period of not more than 24 months, which may be nonconsecutive.
- (b) **Requirements—** An [Indian tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) may carry out [subsection (a)](#a) only if the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A) enters into a written agreement with each applicable employer under which the employer shall agree—
  - (1) to provide on-the-job training to the participants; and
  - (2) on satisfactory completion of the training period described in [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2), to prioritize the provision of permanent employment to the participants.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–477, § 10, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2304; Pub. L. 115–93, § 10, Dec. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 2032.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2017—Pub. L. 115–93 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A tribal government participating in a demonstration program under this chapter is authorized to utilize funds available under such plan to place participants in training positions with private employers and pay such participants a training allowance or wage for a period not to exceed 12 months, if the tribal government obtains a written agreement from the private employer to provide on-the-job training to such participants and, upon satisfactory completion of the training period, to guarantee permanent employment to such participants for a minimum of 12 months.”