ural Resources of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(E) 1 shall be appointed by the Minority 
Leader of the House of Representatives, in con-
sultation with the Ranking Member of the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), each member of the Commission 
shall have significant experience and expertise 
in— 
(i) Indian affairs; and 
(ii) matters to be studied by the Com-
mission, including— 
(I) health care issues facing Na-
tive children, including mental health, 
physical health, and nutrition; 
(II) Indian education, including 
experience with Bureau of Indian 
Education schools and public schools, 
tribally operated schools, tribal col-
leges or universities, early childhood 
education programs, and the develop-
ment of extracurricular programs; 
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(III) juvenile justice programs re-
lating to prevention and reducing in-
carceration and rates of recidivism; 
and 
(IV) social service programs that 
are used by Native children and de-
signed to address basic needs, such as 
food, shelter, and safety, including 
child protective services, group homes, 
and shelters. 
(B) EXPERTS.— 
(i) NATIVE CHILDREN.—1 member of 
the Commission shall— 
(I) meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(II) be responsible for providing 
the Commission with insight into and 
input from Native children on the 
matters studied by the Commission. 
(ii) RESEARCH.—1 member of the 
Commission shall— 
(I) meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (A); and 
(II) have extensive experience in 
statistics or social science research. 
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(3) TERMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Commission shall be appointed for the life of 
the Commission. 
(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Com-
mission shall be filled in the manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
(c) OPERATION.— 
(1) CHAIRPERSON.—Not later than 15 days 
after the date on which all members of the Commis-
sion have been appointed, the Commission shall se-
lect 1 member to serve as Chairperson of the Com-
mission. 
(2) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
meet at the call of the Chairperson. 
(B) INITIAL MEETING.—The initial meet-
ing of the Commission shall take place not later 
than 30 days after the date described in para-
graph (1). 
(3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a 
lesser number of members may hold hearings. 
(4) RULES.—The Commission may establish, by 
majority vote, any rules for the conduct of Commis-
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sion business, in accordance with this Act and other 
applicable law. 
(d) NATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission shall 
establish a committee, to be known as the ‘‘Native 
Advisory Committee’’. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) COMPOSITION.—The Native Advisory 
Committee shall consist of— 
(i) 1 representative of Indian tribes 
from each region of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs who is 25 years of age or older; 
and 
(ii) 1 Native Hawaiian who is 25 
years of age or older. 
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Each member of 
the Native Advisory Committee shall have expe-
rience relating to matters to be studied by the 
Commission. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Native Advisory Committee 
shall— 
(A) serve as an advisory body to the Com-
mission; and 
(B) provide to the Commission advice and 
recommendations, submit materials, documents, 
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testimony, and such other information as the 
Commission determines to be necessary to carry 
out the duties of the Commission under this 
section. 
(4) NATIVE
CHILDREN
SUBCOMMITTEE.—The 
Native Advisory Committee shall establish a sub-
committee that shall consist of at least 1 member 
from each region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and 1 Native Hawaiian, each of whom shall be a 
Native child, and have experience serving on the 
council of a tribal, regional, or national youth orga-
nization. 
(e) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF NATIVE CHILDREN 
ISSUES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
duct a comprehensive study of Federal, State, local, 
and tribal programs that serve Native children, in-
cluding an evaluation of— 
(A) the impact of concurrent jurisdiction 
on child welfare systems; 
(B) the barriers Indian tribes and Native 
Hawaiians face in applying, reporting on, and 
using existing public and private grant re-
sources, including identification of any Federal 
cost-sharing requirements; 
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(C) the obstacles to nongovernmental fi-
nancial support, such as from private founda-
tions and corporate charities, for programs ben-
efitting Native children; 
(D) the issues relating to data collection, 
such as small sample sizes, large margins of 
error, or other issues related to the validity and 
statistical significance of data on Native chil-
dren; 
(E) the barriers to the development of sus-
tainable, multidisciplinary programs designed to 
assist high-risk Native children and families of 
those high-risk Native children; 
(F) cultural or socioeconomic challenges in 
communities of Native children; 
(G) any examples of successful program 
models and use of best practices in programs 
that serve children and families; 
(H) the barriers to interagency coordina-
tion on programs benefitting Native children; 
and 
(I) the use of memoranda of agreement or 
interagency agreements to facilitate or improve 
agency coordination, including the effects of ex-
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isting memoranda or interagency agreements on 
program service delivery and efficiency. 
(2) COORDINATION.—In conducting the study 
under paragraph (1), the Commission shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable— 
(A) to avoid duplication of efforts, collabo-
rate with other workgroups focused on similar 
issues, such as the Task Force on American In-
dian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Vio-
lence of the Attorney General; and 
(B) to improve coordination and reduce 
travel costs, use available technology. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Taking into consid-
eration the results of the study under paragraph (1) 
and the analysis of any existing data relating to Na-
tive children received from Federal agencies, the 
Commission shall— 
(A) develop recommendations for goals, 
and plans for achieving those goals, for Federal 
policy relating to Native children in the short- 
, mid-, and long-term, which shall be informed 
by the development of accurate child well-being 
measures, except that the Commission shall not 
consider or recommend the recognition or the 
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establishment of a government-to-government 
relationship with— 
(i) any entity not recognized on or be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act by 
the Federal Government through an Act of 
Congress, Executive action, judicial decree, 
or any other action; or 
(ii) any entity not included in the list 
authorized pursuant to the Federally Rec-
ognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 479a et seq.); 
(B) make recommendations on necessary 
modifications and improvements to programs 
that serve Native children at the Federal, State, 
and tribal levels, on the condition that the rec-
ommendations recognize the diversity in cul-
tural values, integrate the cultural strengths of 
the communities of the Native children, and will 
result in— 
(i) improvements to the child welfare 
system that— 
(I) reduce the disproportionate 
rate at which Native children enter 
child protective services and the pe-
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riod of time spent in the foster sys-
tem; 
(II) increase coordination among 
social workers, police, and foster fami-
lies assisting Native children while in 
the foster system to result in the in-
creased safety of Native children while 
in the foster system; 
(III) encourage the hiring and re-
tention of licensed social workers in 
Native communities; 
(IV) address the lack of available 
foster homes in Native communities; 
and 
(V) reduce truancy and improve 
the academic proficiency and gradua-
tion rates of Native children in the 
foster system; 
(ii) improvements to the mental and 
physical health of Native children, taking 
into consideration the rates of suicide, sub-
stance abuse, and access to nutrition and 
health care, including— 
(I) an analysis of the increased 
access of Native children to Medicaid 
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under the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 
148) and the effect of that increase 
on the ability of Indian tribes and Na-
tive Hawaiians to develop sustainable 
health programs; and 
(II) an evaluation of the effects 
of a lack of public sanitation infra-
structure, including in-home sewer 
and water, on the health status of Na-
tive children; 
(iii) improvements to educational and 
vocational opportunities for Native children 
that will lead to— 
(I) increased school attendance, 
performance, and graduation rates for 
Native children across all educational 
levels, including early education, post- 
secondary, and graduate school; 
(II) localized strategies developed 
by educators, tribal and community 
leaders, and law enforcement to pre-
vent and reduce truancy among Na-
tive children; 
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(III) scholarship opportunities at 
a Tribal College or University and 
other public and private postsecondary 
institutions; 
(IV) increased participation of 
the immediate families of Native chil-
dren; 
(V) coordination among schools 
and Indian tribes that serve Native 
children, including in the areas of 
data sharing and student tracking; 
(VI) accurate identification of 
students as Native children; and 
(VII) increased school counseling 
services, improved access to quality 
nutrition at school, and safe student 
transportation; 
(iv) improved policies and practices by 
local school districts that would result in 
improved academic proficiency for Native 
children; 
(v) increased access to extracurricular 
activities for Native children that are de-
signed to increase self-esteem, promote 
community engagement, and support aca-
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demic excellence while also serving to pre-
vent unplanned pregnancy, membership in 
gangs, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicide, 
including activities that incorporate tradi-
tional language and cultural practices of 
Indians and Native Hawaiians; 
(vi) taking into consideration the re-
port of the Indian Law and Order Com-
mission issued pursuant to section 15(f) of 
the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2812(f)), improvements to Fed-
eral, State, and tribal juvenile justice sys-
tems and detention programs— 
(I) to provide greater access to 
educational opportunities and social 
services for incarcerated Native chil-
dren; 
(II) to promote prevention and 
reduce incarceration and recidivism 
rates among Native children; 
(III) to identify intervention ap-
proaches and alternatives to incarcer-
ation of Native children; 
(IV) to incorporate families and 
the traditional cultures of Indians and 
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Native Hawaiians in the juvenile jus-
tice process, including through the de-
velopment of a family court for juve-
nile offenses; and 
(V) to prevent unnecessary de-
tentions and identify successful re-
entry programs; 
(vii) expanded access to a continuum 
of early development and learning services 
for Native children from prenatal to age 5 
that are culturally competent, support Na-
tive language preservation, and comprehen-
sively promote the health, well-being, learn-
ing, and development of Native children, 
such as— 
(I) high quality early care and 
learning programs for children start-
ing from birth, including Early Head 
Start, Head Start, child care, and 
preschool programs; 
(II) programs, including home 
visiting and family resource and sup-
port programs, that increase the ca-
pacity of parents to support the learn-
ing and development of the children of 
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the parents, beginning prenatally, and 
connect the parents with necessary re-
sources; 
(III) early intervention and pre-
school services for infants, toddlers, 
and preschool-aged children with de-
velopmental delays or disabilities; and 
(IV) professional development op-
portunities for Native providers of 
early development and learning serv-
ices; 
(viii) the development of a system that 
delivers wraparound services to Native 
children in a way that is comprehensive 
and sustainable, including through in-
creased coordination among Indian tribes, 
schools, law enforcement, health care pro-
viders, social workers, and families; 
(ix) more flexible use of existing Fed-
eral programs, such as by— 
(I) providing Indians and Native 
Hawaiians with more flexibility to 
carry out programs, while maintaining 
accountability, minimizing administra-
tive time, cost, and expense and re-
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ducing the burden of Federal paper-
work requirements; and 
(II) allowing unexpended Federal 
funds to be used flexibly to support 
programs benefitting Native children, 
while taking into account— 
(aa) the Indian Employ-
ment, Training and Related Serv-
ices Demonstration Act of 1992 
(25 U.S.C. 3401 note; 106 Stat. 
2302); 
(bb) the Coordinated Tribal 
Assistance Solicitation program 
of the Department of Justice; 
(cc) the Federal policy of 
self-determination; and 
(dd) any consolidated grant 
programs; and 
(x) solutions to other issues that, as 
determined by the Commission, would im-
prove the health, safety, and well-being of 
Native children; 
(C) make recommendations for improving 
data collection methods that consider— 
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(i) the adoption of standard defini-
tions and compatible systems platforms to 
allow for greater linkage of data sets 
across Federal agencies; 
(ii) the appropriateness of existing 
data categories for comparative purposes; 
(iii) the development of quality data 
and measures, such as by ensuring suffi-
cient sample sizes and frequency of sam-
pling, for Federal, State, and tribal pro-
grams that serve Native children; 
(iv) the collection and measurement of 
data that are useful to Indian tribes and 
Native Hawaiians; 
(v) the inclusion of Native children in 
longitudinal studies; and 
(vi) tribal access to data gathered by 
Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies; and 
(D) identify models of successful Federal, 
State, and tribal programs in the areas studied 
by the Commission. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
on which all members of the Commission are appointed 
and amounts are made available to carry out this Act, the 
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Commission shall submit to the President, Congress, and 
the White House Council on Native American Affairs a 
report that contains— 
(1) a detailed statement of the findings and 
conclusions of the Commission; and 
(2) the recommendations of the Commission for 
such legislative and administrative actions as the 
Commission considers to be appropriate. 
(g) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 
hold such hearings, meet and act at such times 
and places, take such testimony, and receive 
such evidence as the Commission considers to 
be advisable to carry out the duties of the Com-
mission under this section, except that the 
Commission shall hold not less than 5 hearings 
in Native communities. 
(B) PUBLIC REQUIREMENT.—The hearings 
of the Commission under this paragraph shall 
be open to the public. 
(2) WITNESS EXPENSES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A witness requested to 
appear before the Commission shall be paid the 
same fees and allowances as are paid to wit-
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nesses under section 1821 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
(B) PER DIEM AND MILEAGE.—The fees 
and allowances for a witness shall be paid from 
funds made available to the Commission. 
(3) INFORMATION
FROM
FEDERAL, TRIBAL, 
AND STATE AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 
secure directly from a Federal agency such in-
formation as the Commission considers to be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
(B) TRIBAL AND STATE AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may request the head of any tribal 
or State agency to provide to the Commission 
such information as the Commission considers 
to be necessary to carry out this Act. 
(4) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 
use the United States mails in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
(5) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, 
and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop-
erty related to the purpose of the Commission. 
(h) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 
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(1) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—A member of the 
Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author-
ized for an employee of an agency under subchapter 
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from the home or regular place of business of 
the member in the performance of the duties of the 
Commission. 
(2) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On the affirmative vote 
of 2⁄3 of the members of the Commission— 
(i) the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary, the Secretary of Education, and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall each detail, without reimbursement, 
one or more employees of the Department 
of Justice, the Department of the Interior, 
the Department of Education, and the De-
partment of Health and Human Services; 
and 
(ii) with the approval of the appro-
priate Federal agency head, an employee of 
any other Federal agency may be, without 
reimbursement, detailed to the Commis-
sion. 
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(B) 
EFFECT
ON
DETAILEES.—Detail 
under this paragraph shall be without interrup-
tion or loss of civil service status, benefits, or 
privileges. 
(3) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTER-
MITTENT SERVICES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On request of the Com-
mission, the Attorney General shall provide to 
the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, rea-
sonable and appropriate office space, supplies, 
and administrative assistance. 
(B) NO REQUIREMENT FOR PHYSICAL FA-
CILITIES.—The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall not be required to locate a permanent, 
physical office space for the operation of the 
Commission. 
(4) MEMBERS NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—No 
member of the Commission, the Native Advisory 
Committee, or the Native Children Subcommittee 
shall be considered to be a Federal employee. 
(i) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the 
Commission submits the report under subsection (f). 
(j) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Ad-
visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 
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the Commission, the Native Advisory Committee, or the 
Native Children Subcommittee. 
(k) EFFECT.—This Act shall not be construed to rec-
ognize or establish a government-to-government relation-
ship with— 
(1) any entity not recognized on or before the 
date of enactment of this Act by the Federal Gov-
ernment through an Act of Congress, Executive ac-
tion, judicial decree, or any other action; or 
(2) any entity not included in the list author-
ized pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a et seq.). 
(l) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $2,000,000. 
Æ 
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