II 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 228 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 
Received 
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, 
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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’’; 
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(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 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means a 
program described in section 5(a).’’. 
SEC. 5. INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED. 
Section 4 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3403), as amend-
ed by section 2 of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Secretary shall, after approving a plan sub-
mitted by an Indian tribe in accordance with section 8, 
authorize the Indian tribe to, in accordance with the 
plan— 
‘‘(1) integrate the programs and Federal funds 
received by the Indian tribe in accordance with waiv-
er authority granted under section 7(d); and 
‘‘(2) coordinate the employment, training, and 
related services provided with those funds in a con-
solidated and comprehensive tribal plan.’’. 
SEC. 6. PROGRAMS AFFECTED AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 
Section 5 of the Indian Employment, Training and 
Related Services Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3404), as amend-
ed by section 2 of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 5. PROGRAMS AFFECTED. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAMS AFFECTED.— 
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