3.0.0 2160 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z 2023-01-11T13:26:44Z Senate S S 2014-03-26 113 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Hearings by 2014-04-02T18:30:00Z Referred to 2014-03-26T19:06:26Z Native American Children's Safety Act 113 4534 HR 2014-12-22 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530. Identical bill CRS 2014-04-02 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-324. Committee 2014-03-26 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-03-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2014-03-26 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2014-03-26 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2014-03-26 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2014-04-28 False Native Americans Administrative law and regulatory procedures Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Criminal justice information and records Department of the Interior Domestic violence and child abuse Indian social and development programs Native Americans 00 2014-03-26 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-03T20:20:42Z Native American Children's Safety Act - Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (Act) to prohibit any foster care placement over which an Indian tribe has exclusive jurisdiction from being ordered until the tribal social services agency: (1) completes an investigation of the character of each covered individual who resides in the household or is employed at the institution in which the foster care placement will be made, and (2) concludes that each of those individuals meets the standards of character the tribe is required to establish.

Defines a "covered individual" as an adult and any other individual the tribe determines is subject to such character investigation.

Requires the tribal social services agency, as part of those investigations, to: (1) perform criminal records checks, including fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases; (2) check any child abuse and neglect registry maintained by the state in which the individual resides; and (3) request any other state in which the individual resided during the preceding five years to allow the agency to check its registry.

Prohibits a foster care placement from being ordered if the investigation reveals that the covered individual: (1) has been found guilty by a federal, state, or tribal court of a felony involving child abuse or neglect, spousal abuse, a crime against a child, violence, or drugs; or (2) is listed on a child abuse and neglect registry in the state where the individual resides or resided within the preceding five years.

Excepts emergency foster care placements from such requirements.

Requires each Indian tribe to establish procedures to recertify homes or institutions in which foster care placements are made.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate a regulation establishing: (1) procedures for investigating the character of any covered individual who resides in the home or is employed at the institution in which the child is placed after the investigations that preceded that placement occurred, (2) self-reporting requirements for foster care homes or institutions that have knowledge that a covered individual residing on their premises would fail the character investigation, (3) procedures and guidelines for emergency foster care placements, and (4) procedures for certifying compliance with the Act.

]]> Native American Children's Safety Act Display Title Native American Children's Safety Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Native American Children's Safety Act Introduced in Senate 2014-03-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2160is/xml/BILLS-113s2160is.xml 2014-04-02 Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-324. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.