[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8921 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8921

 To set aside funds for payments to Indian tribes and tribal consortia 
   under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2024

Mr. Hern (for himself and Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To set aside funds for payments to Indian tribes and tribal consortia 
   under subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.

    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 ``Tribal Child Welfare Support Act''.

SEC. 2. SET-ASIDE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL 
              CONSORTIA FOR CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 428 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
628) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the last sentence;
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Direct Payments to Tribal Organizations and Tribal 
Consortia.--The Secretary shall pay any amount to which an Indian tribe 
or tribal consortium is entitled under this section directly to the 
tribal organization of the Indian tribe or in the case of a payment to 
a tribal consortium, such tribal organizations of, or entity 
established by, the Indian tribes that are part of the consortium as 
the consortium shall designate.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Reservation of Funds.--Of the amount made available under 
section 425 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 3 percent 
for payments under subsection (a) of this section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 423(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
623(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, after applying section 428(d),'' 
before ``for each fiscal year''.
    (c) Limitation on Applicability.--The amendments made by this 
section shall not apply with respect to a fiscal year unless the amount 
made available under section 425 of the Social Security Act for the 
fiscal year meets or exceeds 103 percent of the amount made available 
in fiscal year 2024 to enable the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to reserve 3 percent of the amount for payments to Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations under subpart 1 of part B of title IV 
of such Act without reducing the allotment of any State for the fiscal 
year under section 423 of such Act. Should the threshold for reserving 
3 percent for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations not be 
met in a fiscal year, then amounts paid under section 428(a) of such 
Act shall be deemed to be a part of the allotment (as determined under 
section 423 of such Act) for the State in which such Indian tribal 
organization is located.
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