[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4179 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4179

 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that 
equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to 
    Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2026

  Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that 
equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to 
    Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``American Indian and Alaska Native 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act'', the ``AI/AN Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act'', or ``AI/AN CAPTA''.

SEC. 2. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Geographical Distribution.--Section 108(b) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d(b)) is amended, in the 
first sentence, by inserting ``Indian Tribes, and Tribal 
organizations,'' after ``the States,''.
    (b) Allocation of Amounts.--Section 203 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section 210'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``section 209''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``1 percent'' and all 
        that follows through the period at the end and inserting the 
        following: ``, of the amount appropriated under section 209 for 
        a fiscal year--
            ``(1) 5 percent of the amount to make allotments to Indian 
        Tribes and Tribal organizations; and
            ``(2) 1 percent of the amount to make allotments to migrant 
        programs.''.
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