115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 228 
AN ACT 
To amend the Indian Employment, Training and Related 
Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to facilitate the 
ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, 
training, and related services from diverse Federal 
sources, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SHORT TITLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the Indian Employ-
ment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act 
of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 note; 106 Stat. 2302) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Indian Employment, 
Training and Related Services Act of 1992’.’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law to the ‘‘In-
dian Employment, Training and Related Services Dem-
onstration Act of 1992’’ shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Indian Employment, Training and Related Serv-
ices Act of 1992’’. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 2 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401), as amend-
ed by section 2 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The purposes of this Act are 
to demonstrate how Indian tribal governments can’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The purpose of this Act is to facili-
tate the ability of Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions to’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘from diverse Federal sources’’ 
after ‘‘they provide’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and serve tribally-determined’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, and serve tribally determined’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘, while reducing administra-
tive, reporting, and accounting costs’’ after ‘‘policy 
of self-determination’’. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3402), as amend-
ed by section 2 of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘Indian 
tribe’ and ‘tribe’ have the meaning given the 
term ‘Indian tribe’ in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
includes tribal organizations (as defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The head of an affected 
Federal agency shall not grant a waiver under para-
graph (1) if the head of the affected agency deter-
mines that a waiver will be inconsistent with— 
‘‘(A) the purposes of this Act; or 
‘‘(B) the provision of law from which the 
program included in the plan derives its author-
ity that is specifically applicable to Indians. 
‘‘(e) DECISION ON WAIVER REQUEST.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the head of an affected agency receives a waiv-
er request, the head of the affected agency shall de-
cide whether to grant or deny the request. 
‘‘(2) DENIAL OF REQUEST.—If the head of the 
affected agency denies a waiver request, not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the denial is 
made, the head of the affected agency shall provide 
the requesting Indian tribe and the Secretary with 
written notice of the denial and the reasons for the 
denial. 
‘‘(3) FAILURE TO ACT ON REQUEST.—If the 
head of an affected agency does not make a decision 
under paragraph (1) by the deadline identified in 
that paragraph, the request shall be considered to be 
granted.