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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2549 

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 and to increase amounts reserved 

for allotment to Indian tribes and tribal organizations under certain 

circumstances, and to provide for a Government Accountability Office 

report on child abuse and neglect in American Indian tribal communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2019 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Ms. HAALAND) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in 

addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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 and to increase amounts reserved for allotment to Indian tribes and tribal organizations under 

certain circumstances, and to provide for a Government 

Accountability Office report on child abuse and neglect 

in American Indian tribal communities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Indian and 

3 Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 

4 Act’’ or the ‘‘AI/AN CAPTA’’. 

5 SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

6 ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN INDIAN 

7 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

9 United States (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Comp10 troller General’’) shall conduct a study and issue a report 

11 on child abuse and neglect in Indian Tribal communities 

12 for the purpose of identifying vital information and mak13 ing recommendations to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees concerning issues relating to child abuse and 

15 neglect in such communities. 

16 (b) CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—In car17 rying out this section, the Comptroller General shall con18 sult with Indian Tribes from each of the 12 regions of 

19 the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

20 (c) DUTIES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 

22 submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

23 and Pensions and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

24 Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and 

25 the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep26 resentatives a report on— 


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1 (1) the number of Indian Tribes providing pri2 mary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; 

3 (2) the number of Indian tribes providing sec4 ondary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; 

5 (3) promising practices of Indian Tribes with 

6 respect to child abuse and neglect prevention that 

7 are culturally based or culturally adapted; 

8 (4) information and recommendations on how 

9 such culturally based or culturally adapted child 

10 abuse and neglect prevention activities could become 

11 evidence-based; 

12 (5) the number of Indian Tribes that have 

13 accessed Federal child abuse and neglect prevention 

14 programs; 

15 (6) child abuse and neglect prevention activities 

16 that Indian Tribes provide using of State funds; 

17 (7) child abuse and neglect prevention activities 

18 that Indian tribes provide using Tribal funds; 

19 (8) Tribal access to State children’s trust fund 

20 resources; 

21 (9) how the children’s trust fund model could 

22 be used to support prevention efforts regarding child 

23 abuse and neglect of American Indian and Alaska 

24 Native children; 


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1 (10) Federal agency technical assistance efforts 

2 to address child abuse and neglect prevention and 

3 treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native 

4 children; 

5 (11) Federal agency cross-system collaboration 

6 to address child abuse and neglect prevention and 

7 treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native 

8 children; 

9 (12) Tribal access to child abuse and neglect 

10 prevention research and demonstration grants under 

11 the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.); 

13 (13) an examination of Federal child abuse and 

14 neglect data systems to identify what Tribal data is 

15 being submitted and barriers to submitting data; 

16 and 

17 (14) an examination of Federal child abuse and 

18 neglect data systems to identify recommendations on 

19 improving the collection of data from Indian Tribes. 

20 SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 

21 (a) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Section 108(b) 

22 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 5106d(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Indian tribes, 

24 and tribal organizations,’’ after ‘‘the States,’’. 


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1 (b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Section 203 of the 

2 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 5116b) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘section 210’’ each place it ap5 pears and inserting ‘‘section 209’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

10 the Secretary’’; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT FOR INCREASED APPROPRIA13 TION YEARS.—In any fiscal year for which the 

14 amount appropriated under section 209 exceeds the 

15 amount appropriated under such section for fiscal 

16 year 2018 by more than $1,000,000, the Secretary 

17 shall reserve— 

18 ‘‘(A) 5 percent of the amount appropriated 

19 for the applicable fiscal year to make allotments 

20 to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and 

21 ‘‘(B) 1 percent of the amount appropriated 

22 for the applicable fiscal year to make allotments 

23 to migrant programs.’’. 

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