3.0.0 4348 2022-12-31T05:07:54Z 2022-12-31T05:07:54Z House HR 2021-07-02 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 116 (Friday, July 2, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BASS:H.R. 4348.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution,providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall bevested in a Congress of the United States, which shallconsist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''[Page H3606]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2021-07-02T17:35:57Z Referred to 2021-07-02T15:30:35Z 2021-07-02 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. Committee 2021-07-02 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2021-07-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-07-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] Karen Bass D CA 37 N B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 2021-07-02 True D000629 Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] Sharice Davids D KS 3 2021-07-02 True B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2021-07-19 False C001109 Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large] Liz Cheney R WY 0 2021-07-19 False A000371 Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] Pete Aguilar D CA 31 2021-07-19 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] KEN CALVERT R CA 42 2021-07-19 False C001119 Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] Angie Craig D MN 2 2021-07-19 False C001111 Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13] Charlie Crist D FL 13 2021-07-19 False C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2021-07-19 False Native Americans Native Americans 00 2021-07-02 Introduced in House 2022-02-08T01:33:05Z Tribal Family Fairness Act

This bill revises two programs to provide tribes with additional resources for child and family services.

First, the bill revises the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families program by

  • establishing a minimum grant award for tribes,
  • increasing funds reserved for state court improvement grants,
  • increasing the set-aside for tribes or tribal consortia,
  • exempting certain plans from reporting requirements,
  • allowing funds to be used for tribal customary adoptions,
  • authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and
  • allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap.

In addition, the bill revises the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program by

  • modifying reporting requirements,
  • authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and
  • allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap.
]]> Tribal Family Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To remove administrative barriers to participation of Indian tribes in Federal child welfare programs, and increase Federal funding for tribal child welfare programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Tribal Family Fairness Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Tribal Family Fairness Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr4348ih/xml/BILLS-117hr4348ih.xml 2021-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support. 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.