Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Interior
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: 

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2015 

 
 Amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to make revisions to the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs from federal funds.
 
 
 
 Revises the types of programs that may be integrated pursuant to an approved integration plan. 
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office to assess the programs of specified departments, and develop an inventory of all programs of those departments that may be integrated. 
 
 Sets forth requirements regarding the granting or denial of an Indian tribe's request to waive any applicable statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements or waive federal agency policies or procedures necessary to efficiently implement the plan. 
 
 
 Prescribes certain hearing and appeal rights for an Indian tribe if the Department of the Interior denies its plan. 
 
 Revises the authority of tribes to use funds available for a plan to place participants in training positions with employers. 
 
 Revises the responsibilities of the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in carrying out this Act to include: 

 
the distribution of the funds to the respective Indian tribes by no later than 45 days after the receipt of the funds from the appropriate federal department or agency, 
 
the performance of the activities relating to agency waivers, and 
 
the establishment of an interagency dispute resolution process. 
 
 
 
Prohibits the BIA from developing a reporting format that requires a participating tribe to report on the expenditure of funds transferred to the tribe under the Act. 
 
 
Treats any funds transferred to an Indian tribe under the Act as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting matching requirements under any other federal law. 
 
Applies civil liability limitations to plans approved under the Act. 
 

action_date: 2016-11-16
text: 

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2016

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to rename the Act to the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 and to revise the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs for Indian tribes.
 
(Sec. 6) The bill revises the types of programs that may be integrated. 
 (Sec. 8) The bill revises the process for: (1) federal agencies to grant or deny a tribe's request to waive statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements to efficiently implement an integration plan; and (2) the Department of the Interior to approve or disapprove an integration plan. A tribe is granted certain hearing and appeal rights if Interior disapproves its plan. 
 
 (Sec. 10) Tribal authority to use funds to place participants in training positions with employers is revised. 
 
 (Sec. 13) The Bureau of Indian Affairs must receive and distribute funds for use in accordance with an approved integration plan. 
 
(Sec. 14) Funds transferred to a tribe must be treated as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting matching requirements. 
Civil liability limitations apply to approved integration plans.

action_date: 2016-12-07
text: 

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2016

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to rename the Act to the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 and to revise the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs for Indian tribes.
 
(Sec. 6) The bill revises the types of programs that may be integrated. 
 (Sec. 8) The bill revises the process for: (1) federal agencies to grant or deny a tribe's request to waive statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements to efficiently implement an integration plan; and (2) the Department of the Interior to approve or disapprove an integration plan. A tribe is granted certain hearing and appeal rights if Interior disapproves its plan. 
 
 (Sec. 10) Tribal authority to use funds to place participants in training positions with employers is revised. 
 
 (Sec. 13) The Bureau of Indian Affairs must receive and distribute funds for use in accordance with an approved integration plan. 
 
(Sec. 14) Funds transferred to a tribe must be treated as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting matching requirements, except funds administered by the Department of Labor or the Department of Health and Human Services. 
Civil liability limitations apply to approved integration plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-12-08
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7292-7295)
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7292-7295)
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 329.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7292-7297)
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Mr. Young (AK) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 662.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2016-12-07
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Ways and Means for a period ending not later than Dec. 8, 2016 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t) of rule X.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for a period ending not later than Dec. 8, 2016 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(e) of rule X.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-828, Part I.
action_date: 2016-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-828, Part I.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2016-03-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-04-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-01-13
text: Introduced in House