AI/AN CAPTA
Bill: S.1868 | Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth (D-MA)
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the AI/AN Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, or the AI/AN CAPTA
This bill establishes additional resources to assist tribal communities with preventing and treating child abuse and neglect.
First, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on child abuse and neglect in tribal communities for the purpose of making recommendations to Congress regarding these issues.
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must include Indian tribes and tribal organizations in its equitable distribution of assistance for programs and projects related to child abuse prevention and treatment.

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that 
equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to 
 Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, to increase amounts reserved 
 for allotment to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under certain 
   circumstances, and to reserve amounts for migrant programs 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Indian and Alaska Native 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act'', the ``AI/AN Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act'', or ``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 ``Comptroller 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 
making recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees 
concerning issues relating to child abuse and neglect in such 
communities.
    (b) Consultation With Indian Tribes.--In carrying out this section, 
the Comptroller General shall consult 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 Representatives a report 
on--
            (1) the number of Indian Tribes providing primary child 
        abuse and neglect prevention activities;
            (2) the number of Indian Tribes providing secondary 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 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;
            (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,''.
    (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 appears and 
        inserting ``section 209''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Allotment for increased appropriation years.--In any 
        fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under section 209 
        exceeds the amount appropriated under such section for fiscal 
        year 2020 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.''.
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