[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4162 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4162

To grant authority to provide social services block grants directly to 
                             Indian tribes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1994

   Mr. Richardson (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Brewster, and Mr. 
  Kopetski) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To grant authority to provide social services block grants directly to 
                             Indian tribes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS DIRECTLY 
              TO INDIAN TRIBES.

    Section 2003 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Northern Mariana Islands'' and inserting 
        ``Northern Mariana Islands, and any participating Indian tribe 
        or tribal organization under subsection (d),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) Of the amounts specified in subsection (c), 3 percent 
shall be available for grants or contracts with Indian tribes or tribal 
organizations in accordance with this subsection.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall make grants to or enter into contracts 
with Indian tribes or tribal organizations for planning and carrying 
out programs and activities under this title.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and 
approval of applications for grants or contracts under this subsection.
    ``(4)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary, with the full participation of Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations, shall establish and promulgate by 
regulation, a base funding formula similar to the formula established 
under section 658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858M).
    ``(B) The Secretary in the development of the funding formula, may 
consider such additional factors as the Secretary determines 
appropriate, including unique geographic and demographic conditions of 
the tribal reservation and service area.
    ``(5) Funds not distributed to Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations in a fiscal year shall be available in subsequent fiscal 
years for reallocation to eligible tribes and tribal organizations.
    ``(6) In any case where a contract is let or grant made to a tribal 
organization to perform services benefitting more than one Indian 
tribe, the approval of each such Indian tribe shall be a prerequisite 
to the letting or making of such contract or grant.
    ``(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to--
            ``(A) serve as authorization to limit the eligibility of 
        any individual to participate in any program offered by a State 
        or subdivision thereof;
            ``(B) modify any requirement imposed upon a State by any 
        provision in this title; or
            ``(C) preclude or discourage agreements between Indian 
        tribes and States which facilitate the provision of services by 
        the Indian tribe to its service population.
    ``(e) For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, 
        nation, or other organized group or community, including any 
        Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as 
        defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) which is recognized as 
        eligible for the special programs and services provided by the 
        United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; 
        and
            ``(2) the term `tribal organization' means--
                    ``(A) the recognized governing body of any Indian 
                tribe; and
                    ``(B) any legally established organization of 
                Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered 
                by such governing body or which is democratically 
                elected by the adult members of the Indian community to 
                be served by such organization and which includes the 
                maximum participation of Indians in all phases of its 
                activities.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect on the first day 
of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
Act.

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