KIDs Act of 2015

To prevent Indian tribes and tribal organizations that cultivate, manufacture, or distribute marijuana on Indian land from receiving Federal funds. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping out Illegal Drugs Act of 2015 KIDs Act of 2015 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) the fiduciary responsibility of the United States to Indians includes protecting future generations of Indians from the harmful effects of illegal drugs; (2) testimony at numerous congressional hearings has established that rampant drug abuse on Indian lands has had an especially destructive impact on the lives and families of all Native Americans, including Native Americans who do not use drugs; (3) the report entitled Rates of Substance Use of American Indian Students in 8th, 10th, and 12th Grades Living on or Near Reservations: Update, 2009–2012 (4) according to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, individuals who begin using an illegal drug at a young age are far more likely than individuals who do not begin using an illegal drug at a young age— (A) to use other drugs; (B) to be incarcerated; and (C) to have a lower quality of life; (5) according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, American Indians and Alaska Natives experience some of the highest rates of substance use, as compared to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States; (6) the National Institutes of Health have shown that marijuana use— (A) may cause permanent developmental damage to the brain; and (B) is linked to poor educational outcomes; (7) the higher incidence of illegal drug use in Indian country, as compared to the rest of the United States, has directly contributed to higher levels of poverty and crime and a lower life expectancy in Indian country; (8) according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in 2010, American Indians and Alaska Natives had a 17.1 percent rate of drug-induced death, the highest rate among other racial and ethnic groups in the United States; (9) according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report entitled CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report–United States, 2013 (10) Federal law already prohibits the production, cultivation, manufacture, and distribution of marijuana. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Indian lands The term Indian lands 25 U.S.C. 4302 (2) Indian tribe The term Indian tribe 25 U.S.C. 450b (3) Tribal organization The term tribal organization 25 U.S.C. 450b 4. Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful for an Indian tribe or a tribal organization— (1) to knowingly or intentionally cultivate, manufacture, or distribute marijuana on Indian lands; (2) to knowingly or intentionally allow the cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of marijuana on Indian lands; or (3) on discovery by the Indian tribe or tribal organization that an individual or entity on Indian lands subject to the jurisdiction of the Indian tribe or tribal organization is cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands— (A) as applicable, to fail to prosecute, or notify the appropriate Federal official regarding that individual or entity; and (B) to fail to destroy the relevant marijuana crop in accordance with applicable Federal law. 5. Penalty (a) In general No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law shall be made available for any purpose to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization if the Indian tribe or tribal organization is determined to have violated section 4 during the period— (1) beginning on the date on which the Indian tribe or tribal organization violates section 4; and (2) ending on the date on which the Indian tribe or tribal organization has remedied the violation and achieved compliance with this Act, as determined by the Attorney General of the United States. (b) Return of funds required (1) In general An Indian tribe or tribal organization in violation of section 4 shall return to the relevant Federal agency any funds received during a period in which the Indian tribe or tribal organization is in violation of this Act. (2) No return of refunded funds Funds returned to a Federal agency under paragraph (1) shall not be returned to the Indian tribe or tribal organization upon compliance with this Act.

Summary: Keeping out Illegal Drugs Act of 2015 or the KIDs Act of 2015 This bill prohibits any Indian tribe or a tribal organization from: (1) cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands; (2) knowingly or intentionally allowing the cultivation, manufacture, or distribution of marijuana on Indian lands; or (3) failing to prosecute, or to notify the appropriate federal official regarding, an individual or entity who is discovered to be cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing marijuana on Indian lands or failing to destroy the relevant marijuana crop in accordance with federal law. No funds authorized or appropriated by federal law shall be made available to an Indian tribe or a tribal organization determined to have violated this Act until such tribe or tribal organization has remedied the violation and achieved compliance with this Act.