Indian Social And Development Programs
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AI/AN CAPTA American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act [HB-2549]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Implements requirements concerning child abuse and neglect in Indian tribal communities. Specifically, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on child abuse and neglect in tribal communities for the purpose of making recommendations regarding these issues. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must include Indian tribes and tribal organizations in its equitable distribution of assistance for programs and projects related to child abuse prevention and treatment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee For Indigenous Peoples Of The United States. on 05/16/2019
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AI/AN CAPTA American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act [S.1329]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Implements requirements concerning child abuse and neglect in Indian tribal communities. Specifically, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on child abuse and neglect in tribal communities for the purpose of making recommendations regarding these issues. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must include Indian tribes and tribal organizations in its equitable distribution of assistance for programs and projects related to child abuse prevention and treatment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 05/06/2019
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Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2019 [HB-2484]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Pensions ]
[Children and Youth ]
Treats Indian tribal governments as states for purposes of the annual allocation of the tax-exempt bond volume cap. It also repeals provisions that limit an Indian tribal government's eligibility to issue tax-exempt bonds or to be exempt from specified excise taxes to transactions involving the exercise of an essential government function customarily performed by state and local governments. The bill (1) treats employee benefit or pension plans maintained by Indian tribes and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to tribal law in the same manner
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act [HB-2480]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Reauthorizes through FY2025 and revises the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to expand services for preventing and treating child abuse. Specifically, the bill establishes requirements concerning collecting and exchanging data about child abuse and neglect. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to (1) establish uniform national standards for tracking and reporting child fatalities and near-fatalities resulting from maltreatment,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2019
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019 [S.1307]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Allows an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 05/02/2019
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Tribal Adoption Parity Act [HB-2497]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
Allows Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Supporting Family Mental Health in CAPTA Act [HB-2503]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Revises various programs that address the prevention and treatment of child abuse. For example, the bill expands the Child Welfare Information Gateway to include best practices for referrals to resources for physical, behavioral, mental health, and developmental needs.The bill also revises child abuse research programs to include elements such as (1) effective community-based resources that support behavioral and mental health; and (2) effective methods to address geographic, racial, and cultural inequities in the child welfare system. Additionally,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dean Phillips
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-2494]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
Allows an Indian tribe to assume, from a nearby local educational agency (LEA) and in lieu of a state, responsibility for administration of the school breakfast program, the school lunch program, the child and adult care food program, or the summer food service program for children. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must identify, for optional use in LEAs on or near Indian reservations, alternatives to current program requirements related to the daily counting of meals by category, the use of annual applications to determine program eligibility,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
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Medicare for America Act of 2019 [HB-2452]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes several health insurance programs and otherwise modifies certain requirements relating to health care coverage, costs, and services. In particular, the bill establishes a national health insurance program to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) cover specified items and services, including hospital services, prescription drugs, dental services, and home- and community-based long-term care; and (3) be fully implemented in 2023.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 05/31/2019
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Medicare for America Act of 2019 [HB-2452]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes several health insurance programs and otherwise modifies certain requirements relating to health care coverage, costs, and services. In particular, the bill establishes a national health insurance program to be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) cover specified items and services, including hospital services, prescription drugs, dental services, and home- and community-based long-term care; and (3) be fully implemented in 2023.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 05/31/2019
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Not Invisible Act of 2020 [HB-2438]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians. Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related to missing Indians and the murder and human trafficking of Indians. In addition, Interior and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must (1) establish a joint commission on violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians, and (2) submit a written response to the recommendations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-509, Part I. on 09/16/2020
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PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act Practical Reforms and Other Goals to Reinforce the Effectiveness of Self-Governance and Self-Determination for Indian Tribes Act of 2019 [HB-2031]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Replaces the Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project with the Tribal Self-Governance Program. Under the program, Native American tribes or organizations may receive grants to plan for participation in self-governance and to negotiate the terms of participation. In addition, the bill revises the Department of the Interior's process for approving self-governance compacts and funding agreements with tribes. Interior must negotiate contracts and funding agreements to maximize implementation of the self-governance policy. The bill sets forth requirements
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 07/16/2019
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Studying the Missing and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019 [HB-2029]
[Crime ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the response of law enforcement agencies to reports of missing or murdered Native Americans and to make recommendations on how to improve the utilized databases and notification systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 05/15/2019
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the Indian employment credit. [HB-2017]
[Taxes ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Permanently extends the tax credit for Indian employment. (Under current law, the tax credit expired at the end of 2017.)
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom O'Halleran
Introduced In House on 04/01/2019
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for urban Indian organizations, and for other purposes. [HB-2316]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Applies a Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., the federal matching rate under Medicaid) of 100% with respect to amounts expended as medical assistance for services received through an Urban Indian organization under a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/15/2019
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Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act [S.1001]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Authorizes the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay copayments owed to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by Indian veterans for medical services authorized under the Purchased/Referred Care program and administered at a VA facility. The IHS, the VA, and tribal health programs, in consultation with impacted tribes, must enter into a memorandum of understanding that authorizes the IHS or a tribal health program to pay such copayments unless it would decrease the quality of, or access to, health care for individuals receiving care from the IHS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Committee On Indian Affairs. Hearings Held. on 11/20/2019
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NEST Act Native Educator Support and Training Act [S.1161]
[Education ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Student Loans ]
Establishes scholarships, loan forgiveness plans, and training programs for students and educators who commit to teaching in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools or other specified schools serving Indian students. The bill establishes three scholarship programs: (1) the Indian Student Educator Scholarship Program for students seeking degrees, (2) the Indian Educator Scholarship Program for Indian students seeking degrees, and (3) the Indian Educator Graduate Fellowship Program for Indian students seeking graduate degrees. Recipients of the scholarships
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Indian Affairs. on 04/11/2019
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REST Act Rural Educator Support and Training Act [S.1157]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes several new grant programs for students who are training at institutions of higher education to become educators in rural schools and provides additional federal student loan forgiveness for rural educators. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must award undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to students who are studying to become educators in rural schools and who agree to serve such schools for three or more years. ED may also award grants to eligible educational agencies for the purpose of (1) reimbursing eligible
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/11/2019
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation. [S.1216]
[Taxes ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to make permanent the special depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation. (Under current law, the rules expired after 2017.)
Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/11/2019
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Supporting Family Mental Health in CAPTA Act [S.1160]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Revises various programs that address the prevention and treatment of child abuse. For example, the bill expands the Child Welfare Information Gateway to include best practices for referrals to resources for physical, behavioral, mental health, and developmental needs.The bill also revises child abuse research programs to include elements such as (1) effective community-based resources that support behavioral and mental health; and (2) effective methods to address geographic, racial, and cultural inequities in the child welfare system. Additionally,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tina Smith
Received In The House. on 09/22/2020