[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1868 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1868
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that
equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, to increase amounts reserved
for allotment to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under certain
circumstances, and to reserve amounts for migrant programs under
certain circumstances, and to provide for a Government Accountability
Office report on child abuse and neglect in American Indian Tribal
communities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 26, 2021
Ms. Warren (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Lujan, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. Smith) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Indian Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that
equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to
Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, to increase amounts reserved
for allotment to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under certain
circumstances, and to reserve amounts for migrant programs under
certain circumstances, and to provide for a Government Accountability
Office report on child abuse and neglect in American Indian Tribal
communities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Indian and Alaska Native
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act'', the ``AI/AN Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act'', or ``AI/AN CAPTA''.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT ON CHILD ABUSE AND
NEGLECT IN INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
(a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States
(referred to in this section as the ``Comptroller General'') shall
conduct a study and issue a report on child abuse and neglect in Indian
Tribal communities for the purpose of identifying vital information and
making recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees
concerning issues relating to child abuse and neglect in such
communities.
(b) Consultation With Indian Tribes.--In carrying out this section,
the Comptroller General shall consult with Indian Tribes from each of
the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) Duties.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Indian
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report
on--
(1) the number of Indian Tribes providing primary child
abuse and neglect prevention activities;
(2) the number of Indian Tribes providing secondary child
abuse and neglect prevention activities;
(3) promising practices of Indian Tribes with respect to
child abuse and neglect prevention that are culturally-based or
culturally-adapted;
(4) information and recommendations on how such culturally-
based or culturally-adapted child abuse and neglect prevention
activities could become evidence-based;
(5) the number of Indian Tribes that have accessed Federal
child abuse and neglect prevention programs;
(6) child abuse and neglect prevention activities that
Indian Tribes provide using State funds;
(7) child abuse and neglect prevention activities that
Indian Tribes provide using Tribal funds;
(8) Tribal access to State children's trust fund resources;
(9) how the children's trust fund model could be used to
support prevention efforts regarding child abuse and neglect of
American Indian and Alaska Native children;
(10) Federal agency technical assistance efforts to address
child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment of American
Indian and Alaska Native children;
(11) Federal agency cross-system collaboration to address
child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment of American
Indian and Alaska Native children;
(12) Tribal access to child abuse and neglect prevention
research and demonstration grants under the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.);
(13) an examination of Federal child abuse and neglect data
systems to identify what Tribal data is being submitted and
barriers to submitting data; and
(14) an examination of Federal child abuse and neglect data
systems to identify recommendations on improving the collection
of data from Indian Tribes.
SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS.
(a) Geographical Distribution.--Section 108(b) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d(b)) is amended by
inserting ``Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations,'' after ``the
States,''.
(b) Allocation of Amounts.--Section 203 of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended--
(1) by striking ``section 210'' each place it appears and
inserting ``section 209''; and
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Allotment for increased appropriation years.--In any
fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under section 209
exceeds the amount appropriated under such section for fiscal
year 2020 by more than $1,000,000, the Secretary shall
reserve--
``(A) 5 percent of the amount appropriated for the
applicable fiscal year to make allotments to Indian
Tribes and Tribal organizations; and
``(B) 1 percent of the amount appropriated for the
applicable fiscal year to make allotments to migrant
programs.''.
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