I 
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 In-
dian 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 sub-
sequently 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 in-
clude equitable distribution to Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations and to increase amounts reserved for allot-
ment 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. 
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 ‘‘American Indian and 
Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act’’ or the ‘‘AI/AN CAPTA’’. 
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 
ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN INDIAN 
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Comp-
troller General’’) shall conduct a study and issue a report 
on child abuse and neglect in Indian Tribal communities 
for the purpose of identifying vital information and mak-
ing recommendations to the appropriate congressional 
committees concerning issues relating to child abuse and 
neglect in such communities. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—In car-
rying out this section, the Comptroller General shall con-
sult with Indian Tribes from each of the 12 regions of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
(c) DUTIES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on— 
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(1) the number of Indian Tribes providing pri-
mary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; 
(2) the number of Indian tribes providing sec-
ondary child abuse and neglect prevention activities; 
(3) promising practices of Indian Tribes with 
respect to child abuse and neglect prevention that 
are culturally based or culturally adapted; 
(4) information and recommendations on how 
such culturally based or culturally adapted child 
abuse and neglect prevention activities could become 
evidence-based; 
(5) the number of Indian Tribes that have 
accessed Federal child abuse and neglect prevention 
programs; 
(6) child abuse and neglect prevention activities 
that Indian Tribes provide using of State funds; 
(7) child abuse and neglect prevention activities 
that Indian tribes provide using Tribal funds; 
(8) Tribal access to State children’s trust fund 
resources; 
(9) how the children’s trust fund model could 
be used to support prevention efforts regarding child 
abuse and neglect of American Indian and Alaska 
Native children; 
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(10) Federal agency technical assistance efforts 
to address child abuse and neglect prevention and 
treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native 
children; 
(11) Federal agency cross-system collaboration 
to address child abuse and neglect prevention and 
treatment of American Indian and Alaska Native 
children; 
(12) Tribal access to child abuse and neglect 
prevention research and demonstration grants under 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5101 et seq.); 
(13) an examination of Federal child abuse and 
neglect data systems to identify what Tribal data is 
being submitted and barriers to submitting data; 
and 
(14) an examination of Federal child abuse and 
neglect data systems to identify recommendations on 
improving the collection of data from Indian Tribes. 
SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 
(a) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Section 108(b) 
of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106d(b)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Indian tribes, 
and tribal organizations,’’ after ‘‘the States,’’. 
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(b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Section 203 of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 
5116b) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 210’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘section 209’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT FOR INCREASED APPROPRIA-
TION
YEARS.—In any fiscal year for which the 
amount appropriated under section 209 exceeds the 
amount appropriated under such section for fiscal 
year 2018 by more than $1,000,000, the Secretary 
shall reserve— 
‘‘(A) 5 percent of the amount appropriated 
for the applicable fiscal year to make allotments 
to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and 
‘‘(B) 1 percent of the amount appropriated 
for the applicable fiscal year to make allotments 
to migrant programs.’’. 
Æ 
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