119 S4976 IS: Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026
U.S. Senate
2026-07-14
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions of Indian Tribe and Tribal organization.TITLE I—Justice for Children, Youth, and FamiliesSec. 101. Advisory Committee on Tribal Juvenile Justice.Sec. 102. Department of Justice and DOI study on the number and status of Native American missing children cases.Sec. 103. Alaska Native Victim Services Fund at the Denali Commission.Sec. 104. Alaska Native and American Indian family violence, prevention, services, and treatment.Sec. 105. Tiwahe Initiative.Sec. 106. Tribal justice support.TITLE II—Improving Research and DataSec. 201. National Institutes of Health Tribal Health Research Office.Sec. 202. Improving Native infant and maternal health data.TITLE III—Improving the Physical and Behavioral Health of Native ChildrenSec. 301. Health Resources and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee.Sec. 302. Department of Health and Human Services study on the intersection of maternal mortality and domestic violence.Sec. 303. Grants to grow the perinatal workforce for Tribal communities.Sec. 304. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal Technical Advisory Committee.Sec. 305. Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee.Sec. 306. Community mental health services grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.Sec. 307. Substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.Sec. 308. Self-governance demonstration program for behavioral health programs for Indian Tribes.TITLE IV—Environmental Health ProtectionSec. 401. Native Children's Environmental Health Protection Task Force.Sec. 402. Integration of environmental health within primary care.TITLE V—Improving nutrition programs for Native children, youth, and familiesSec. 501. Tribal pilot programs for SNAP administration.Sec. 502. Child nutrition programs Tribal pilot projects.TITLE VI—Addressing Homelessness in Native CommunitiesSec. 601. Program for housing assistance for homeless American Indians and Alaska Natives.Sec. 602. Program for housing assistance for homeless Native Hawaiians.Sec. 603. Tribal Continuum of Care Participation Grant Program.Sec. 604. Improving Tribal participation in the Continuum of Care Program.TITLE VII—Improving the Workforce for FamiliesSec. 701. Strengthening the 477 Initiative.Sec. 702. Interagency agreement to evaluate on-site child care in affordable housing.Sec. 703. Set-aside of Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for Indian Tribes.Sec. 704. Requirement of consultation with Indian Tribes.Sec. 705. Native American Advisory Committee on Early Childhood.TITLE VIII—EducationSec. 801. Supporting Native American teacher training and teacher development.Sec. 802. Pilot program for Native teacher apprentices.Sec. 803. Supporting after-school programs for Native American children.Sec. 804. Promoting and strengthening Native languages.Sec. 805. Addressing the indirect administrative costs of Indian education programs.Sec. 806. Increasing access to Head Start for Native children.Sec. 807. Addressing homelessness in BIE schools.Sec. 808. Bureau of Indian Education Behavioral Health and Wellness Program.Sec. 809. Alaska Tribal School Program.2.Definitions of Indian Tribe and Tribal organizationIn this Act, the terms Indian Tribe and Tribal organization have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).<enum>I</enum><header>Justice for Children, Youth, and Families</header><section id="idbf02ebba6df84c42a49ab46bdd90c361"><enum>101.</enum><header>Advisory Committee on Tribal Juvenile Justice</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/11111">34 U.S.C. 11111 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bde75b512e64173989a236b9aac0df5"><section id="id4b5b628055a349b98d058589c07f55c1"><enum>224.</enum><header>Advisory committee on Tribal juvenile justice</header><subsection id="id5ad9e7b9456e4612b34eee7dc9f03385"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id09311c602c1549848ce28c67f9d84b10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Committee</term> means the Advisory Committee on Tribal Juvenile Justice established pursuant to subsection (b)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbcc1600cb68542e2b283ad3388b45252"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relevant congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>relevant congressional committees</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idec4579f57b1549a58c1ffeddd20b3d8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a546cc0f6414f7d9c59272e69460193"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfc1f780d36eb413282ac34b3ab90636a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d4a407b957c46b7a35570f7531ec23e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Urban indian organization</header><text>The term <term>urban Indian organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id11b0fae12ecb4ed99c7266c03911efe0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id6a9acbd3c1594ac1a655a90cd94c3644"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General, acting through the Administrator, shall establish a Federal advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Advisory Committee on Tribal Juvenile Justice</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id580a9e91a15b4cc6bcc56d95f9e70ac6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Advisory Committee shall be to provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator, the Attorney General, and Congress on all matters relating to juvenile justice, delinquency prevention and system improvement with respect to Tribal youth.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd563e19274904ef083423d2441693dad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id054f6643cb0b46f592b479a7bfe98616"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be composed of not fewer than 16 members, of whom—</text><subparagraph id="id0cccf1733f7f427a969d75661f0534e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 shall be from a national organization focused on Tribal juvenile justice issues;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b634c3b81bc4e40bd8043a1abb3a93c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 shall be from an organization focused on juvenile issues in Native Hawaiian communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id586df73527e54aa5b0e00027958ab57a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 shall be from an urban Indian organization;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1eb34fd47eb948928b450d2fb90660e0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>12 shall be members of Indian Tribes from diverse geographic regions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id259dd92dae4249cf91da52fba4854121"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 shall be a Tribal youth with experience with the juvenile justice system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id886d9e13110d4f12b45b8f2392eb003f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointments</header><text>The Administrator shall appoint members to the Advisory Committee from among nominations submitted by Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf9ed20cc20643e38445036c70d6e4c1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>To the maximum extent feasible, the Administrator shall ensure that members of the Committee—</text><subparagraph id="id063ae60d48244153837894adf8e755a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have experience in Tribal juvenile justice systems, including—</text><clause id="ida7e64ef39b084697986c5779887554c7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>courts; and</text></clause><clause id="id6290a51fa1b94f1b8bf77e3224046dbb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>law enforcement and child welfare agencies; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd31bc5b33b7e497ca1ad84ea54c1f89b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have experience in juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, behavioral health, or youth services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56083ddd8a2044f2997b4820f0a6d809"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>A member of the Advisory Committee may not be an officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e05834a9ff54c2caf398b1087156952"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="idff229e979e3c4de1b4ca2e4185d07d6e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member if the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfba07c80f6be4ac38ef4ee7440d6715a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>A member of the Advisory Committee may be reappointed for not more than 1 additional 3-year term.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id567cee0258a8426c856da2fadf12f8b8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy on the Advisory Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4798e5e0d344470fae9ea25fdd70e2f8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall—</text><paragraph id="id973f9c50234d477a8bb91b58049faeb7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate the effectiveness of programs and grants administered by the Office as those programs and grants relate to Tribal youth;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a0339ab7c404d3388391eeeeb747f37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify barriers to the provision of services to Tribal youth, including jurisdictional, funding, and data challenges;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id029106856ee54218a8464032f88e01d8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make recommendations to improve coordination between Federal, State, and Tribal justice systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idadbc353dc4e448ab81c7746a7b94c1dc"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide input on the development of regulations, guidance, and policy relating to Tribal juvenile justice;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82d0c03a941e48ee96761ee2f4a347b3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make recommendations for improving data collection and research relating to Tribal youth;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4371e6276606458997e4b4e2129f7c17"><enum>(6)</enum><text>make recommendations to improve access to and resources for aftercare programs for Tribal youth who have been released from detention;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c9c2534ad4a404587cf376124ad15f8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>make recommendations to strengthen Tribal capacity to operate juvenile justice programs; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idad78bba6fc7144589310fd9cc2c9c3a9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>coordinate with the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office of Tribal Justice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd782068789a74da18438df3dfd598c72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><paragraph id="id1cb97a68b8fe48d8a8f80dcb93521c6e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall meet in person not less frequently than twice annually.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80b096993c034502a87d330593b6ca70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency representation</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Administrator and the members of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall attend the meetings of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef49363abd9542559dea208670a61c14"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="id491405661f9c41d1814486db7bebca6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee reports</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, and not less frequently than biennially thereafter, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Administrator and the relevant congressional committees a report—</text><subparagraph id="id3f454b2901e94a69921a4b06119dccdb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the activities of the Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9d646cc2b464b15ae8c19ba08552999"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on juvenile justice challenges affecting Tribal communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41c8769a915c4d44925268dbca2d18f6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that includes recommendations for legislative and administrative actions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id53888f3120764fbab2f35069b80e199a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency response</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the date on which the Administrator receives a report under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit a written response to—</text><subparagraph id="ida2dd104bead44d80b3d6ef3bad60385c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id588303afb10c47cbaeebfc536d39a7c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant congressional committees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id71711d82417744f385a545d77446070a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph id="id3b112a701bd74aab9c7e067a5ac17906"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4583fba3b24c481fa9da20b9dd77a200"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Reimbursement</header> <text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the course of carrying out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idabef6d82a3c8439ab10592a4b16a5b70"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Support</header><text>At the request of the Advisory Committee, the Administrator shall appoint such administrative and staff support to the Advisory Committee to enable the Advisory Committee to carry out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id932dc3e82f0f454b97f13e51e6f8e5d9"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>Exemption from FACA provision</header> <text>Section 1013 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddc1d423b46604c2dbb2d0c49c5852e13"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idaae2843b3cf049ad92560c1d8d0c4e9e"><enum>102.</enum><header>Department of Justice and DOI study on the number and status of Native American missing children cases</header><subsection id="id801f9178e2cd430384fe59d7b5f30731"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct Tribal consultation and, after conducting that consultation, complete a study on the number and status of cases involving Native American missing children and youth, including the scope and context of those cases that are connected to juvenile justice system involvement, child welfare system involvement, and non-custodial parent abduction, including domestic violence, sexual assault, homicide, drug activity, stalking, and human trafficking.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3d46753dc4ec494698cb7813f4c6cfab" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which the study required under subsection (a) is completed, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study completed under subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, as appropriate, relating to reporting gaps, barriers to reporting, and how to improve reporting and training with respect to missing Native American children and youth.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d84158ea22f4943bd71691f89200630"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In carrying out the requirements under this section, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall coordinate with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to incorporate existing data.</text></subsection></section><section id="idd342286eca53419e9117dca0abf04b28"><enum>103.</enum><header>Alaska Native Victim Services Fund at the Denali Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Denali Commission Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3121">42 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc36ccefa58f48f4b7d96c9f665c806f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 312 as section 313; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c3deab946ea40eba86724d1c41c1e26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 311 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0b5276f601e4b5b9da47f256ba559b6"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b3462f3e23a477d93d99c5a185b58a6"><enum>312.</enum><header>Alaska Native Victim Services Fund</header><subsection id="id07a50ddd405e423283ebaa960674f961"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id2018d0bacbb84237b53dfc30ecd88cbd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Committee</term> means the Alaska Native Victim Services Fund Advisory Committee established under subsection (d)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54ede4085778431caf1e920250ad8d04"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a nonprofit organization serving victims of crime in predominantly Indian communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ca517d34326447ba6ede38675869e02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fund</header><text>The term <term>Fund</term> means the Alaska Native Victim Services Fund established by subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc7b768cdae4f43d9add3737c5ebc55e4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alaska Native Victim Services Fund</header><paragraph id="id8157920c6b01459abdd59ecdca37e949"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States the Alaska Native Victim Services Fund, to be administered by the Federal Cochairperson.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6487616a644b4b9a8b7ee261f2e8a3f0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Source and use of amounts in fund</header><subparagraph id="id090c4a263293445b917d186974630146"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Fund shall consist of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85def0123239497f9dc5fccaaa9b0d79"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36e66a470c3a44d9a6f1e5cdd1c5556a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such amounts as are received from any payment made with respect to any loan made from the Fund.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idead7ed2852b54a59ab2fdfb0b3865c44"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>The Federal Cochairperson shall use amounts in the Fund to carry out the purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91d32b80fd0f4563a164bae473e1c62c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loans and grants</header><paragraph id="idcd47b1dfbee84d628cb083a2d7217901"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal Cochairperson shall provide grants and loans from the Fund to eligible entities under such terms and conditions the Federal Cochairperson may prescribe.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idceafa68f26b94150a4f96f04fea78585"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>A grant or loan under paragraph (1) shall be for the purpose of providing grants to eligible entities to provide victim services for Alaska Native victims of crime, including for physical infrastructure to support victim services, including housing construction and repair and rehabilitation or improvement projects of existing facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id263f89d16e584127a3dc727e6be5c1ba"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Federal Cochairperson shall—</text><subparagraph id="idd0236d913b86462188ccae13fcdb6d45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that eligible entities who submit applications for assistance under this section are provided reasonable flexibility in proposing and implementing culturally appropriate programs to serve Alaska Native victims of crime; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e1c3dc0e84745a68b20c38492b63998"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, coordinate with other Federal funding sources and Tribal programs to reduce duplication and promote efficiency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9a82717327445ffa93737460c4aacff"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Federal Cochairperson shall provide, or contract with public or private organizations to provide, information, advice, and technical assistance with respect to the construction, rehabilitation, and operation by eligible entities of facilities and housing for Alaska Native victims of crime under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef180c171e8b4efeba4e8234360bdf6e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81c8e8e94f384964ad405adfeffe3426"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Federal Cochairperson shall establish an Alaska Native Victim Services Fund Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41a0cedd7bea4180b3cb29b662d6a60f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 9 members, to be appointed by the Federal Cochairperson, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f4f473fbfa94b87846a12b4b5d7e8dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of an Alaska Native Tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2870f0b68bb1492780b8017ea0c6ef98"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a representative of a Tribal organization that provides victim services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id137638912b6b439ba60c877e5865e9e5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a representative of the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2af3c85eefb4bc89fb62c84a9e8261c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Alaska Native survivor.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd376f6a252a422da216aff962db48ff"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet not less frequently than annually.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86eb03f1295546b99b7aceb286b4d15c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38ecca4405664e3c91a583be6532d02a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review criteria to receive a grant or loan from the Fund under subsection (c);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa56f27621714a8fb55299719f21daca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess the effectiveness of this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3d15c1b04bf4954857418d6e0b4ad81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify service gaps in carrying out this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c1aa06e892c4d9a89bd190df67b1a93"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommend priorities on which to focus in carrying out this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf080d8e746cf4b2da532d359159e38b4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>advise on accountability measures to ensure that the Fund remains responsive to Alaska Native communities and survivors; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bc9cc836b7c415c815c9987300bd0a3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>advise on mechanisms for ongoing community input, including annual regional listening sessions and survivor feedback.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id926c2abffaa24f2c8c3035e942fcdf0c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Federal Cochairperson shall consult with the Advisory Committee before establishing or modifying funding criteria, developing program guidelines, or making significant policy changes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6425e3100dd24de9808781cdcfe84f70"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id7E68FAB3AB4849BF875D09D9A0BDE809"><enum>104.</enum><header>Alaska Native and American Indian family violence, prevention, services, and treatment</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39E0C35EA17F4D48A3BFC34FC61780B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribe, tribal, and tribally</header><text>The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10401">42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E3060AB199242B69008BB3714C13FF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>tribe</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Tribe</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EFF1010F53F4D1787BFDA3B99467463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>tribes</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Tribes</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C71D91A06D0445986722DAD4120173B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>tribal</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Tribal</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD8A06140CA54DA7A9441CAFB3375B77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>tribally</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Tribally</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC0D8342ED944FCEA29C11619EAB515E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>Section 302 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10402">42 U.S.C. 10402</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id2E374AF89EFD49A18459F858A5461FE4" changed="not-changed"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5725A2C4A1F94B54A13769DD6E03EEA9" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23EA63785E9D4887981FB62470F29AA3" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id5B5DF8518C5241ADB4FC2AD176690BD1" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian; Native Hawaiian organization</header><text>The terms <term>Native Hawaiian</term> and <term>Native Hawaiian organization</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1E1737886494221B1E9D905D592E85B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (15); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC129B15FEAE24A08B01A59400474CA91" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:</text><quoted-block id="idDF3778CBAED647C69AD23FAB3158734F" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0DF7FF6C8137496EB4DBA16F4FBBC375" changed="not-changed"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Tribal domestic violence coalition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition</term> means an established nonprofit, nongovernmental Indian organization, Alaska Native organization, or Native Hawaiian organization recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice that—</text><subparagraph id="idD6749DAAC6AD4F2AB7B49BA4915F322B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides education, support, and technical assistance to member Indian service providers, Native Hawaiian organizations, or the Native Hawaiian community in a manner that enables the member providers, organizations, or communities to establish and maintain culturally appropriate services, including shelter and supportive services designed to assist Indian or Native Hawaiian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and the children and dependents of such victims; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1CAF988982C41FE83E22B4170A20983" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is comprised of board and general members who are representative of—</text><clause id="id50307F03EB864BD8A0A9907F0685DEA5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the member service providers, organizations, or communities described in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="id7BAADE8587D44208959F1CA9EA8D2574" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Tribal communities or Native Hawaiian communities in which the services are being provided.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFBE1A6EC50D44BBDAC112AD6CB292E95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National resource centers and training and technical assistance centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10410">42 U.S.C. 10410</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB854DD3276134C09AE79F1759847C5C3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="idBA92B2B564324E05AE598180E9DAF967" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>under this title and reserved under section 303(a)(2)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 303 and made available to carry out this section</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id378451A25603418F8DF11DEC6BE9437F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id21FF10F2B445469F883852CC8077DF81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="idAA3419144F0042C0BA72978DD2A2B851" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text></clause><clause id="idAB2AD396D4F94D1A86E3ED6FD0014C18" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA6FCA2305C462585CDFD3FC7E4EA16" changed="not-changed"><clause id="id6FA05A2A3C6F4F0598897B4B1220A269" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic violence, to reduce Tribal disparities; and</text></clause><clause id="id09DAC2E43B0B4609B3CA4FFA857ACB91" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence, to reduce Native Hawaiian disparities; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBAC2C172837B4215BAF008212830425A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i)—</text><clause id="id2CF8926C7B3B43CBA99DB4022F5C8726" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(including Alaska Native)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id7B075F82AC454D5E9B95A6CE07300C1E" changed="not-changed" commented="no"> <enum>(ii)</enum> <text>by striking <quote>subsection (b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4F4ABDFD6F3A4C188B83A6567175CF60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id504C26E2E6F44A02BD24492D719E0300" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" id="idA099F05A3B094CBCB7A5D4BBFC9885FC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idFD8F946CA6E541EC8CEBB01BB65B5C92" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>10 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note</quote> and inserting <quote>34 U.S.C. 10452 note</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id9F0BBF79D37A494091F35A08EACFE074" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>10 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note</quote> and inserting <quote>34 U.S.C. 10452 note</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id19C15D74EEBA43758B54EA830E812BB0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text><item commented="no" id="id912E256DCD334F11B2974E54A05DF0D8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Native Hawaiians that</quote> and inserting <quote>Native Hawaiians who</quote>; and</text></item><item commented="no" id="id1251ED7BA690491CB96FB606B18EDBBA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the Office for Victims of Crime and</quote> after <quote>Human Services, and</quote>;</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09BFB35920764DBAB362C70B5C0049DA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id192E0D8C779247CAA333F3BB7098054A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0570166CED7B46DAA32FB0DA43CC33D6" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id57B8D90B0BF5407E936BC72037431CF5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Alaska Native Tribal resource center</header><text>In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall award a grant to an eligible entity for an Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic violence to reduce Tribal disparities, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="id03F0B014D08B4B4FB44F358767544C19" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance and training resources to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, specifically designed to enhance the capacity of the Tribes and organizations to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and the findings of section 901 and purposes in section 902 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/10452">34 U.S.C. 10452</external-xref> note);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id96ED9404168C4D468F9CEE74A92136C4" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate all projects and activities with the national resource center described in paragraph (1)(B);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB0EC98A3213C4E32928054BE33CFD76B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate with the projects and activities of that center that involve working with non-Tribal State and local governments to enhance their capacity to understand the unique needs of Alaska Natives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA70D2DD392C45D19CEDA53FF10CADE5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide comprehensive community education and prevention initiatives relating to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5DDB24632FD842E8A601E32782B47579" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>coordinate activities with other Federal agencies, offices, and grantees that address the needs of Alaska Natives who experience family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Indian Health Service, and the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id02E3DECB169E4742A7576307E9BF797E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian resource center</header><text>In accordance with subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall award a grant to an eligible entity for a Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence to reduce Native Hawaiian disparities, which shall—</text><subparagraph id="id4D6A4B0A2A4E40F68836D029281FEB51" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offer a comprehensive array of technical assistance and training resources to Native Hawaiian organizations, specifically designed to enhance the capacity of the Native Hawaiian organizations to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id445BF2BC9BCC4ED7A38FB47CBEE16845" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate all projects and other activities with the national resource center described in paragraph (1)(B);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFDE6F10C177F450B8BD125BD7B27DA39" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordinate all projects and other activities, with State and local governments, that involve working with the State and local governments, to enhance their capacity to understand the unique needs of Native Hawaiians;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E21B20E020C416BA91B7EAF90F19DC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide comprehensive community education and prevention initiatives relating to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence in a culturally sensitive and relevant manner; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9122D829A132462DB80AB7DD7FBFDEC7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>coordinate activities with other Federal agencies, offices, and grantees that address the needs of Native Hawaiians who experience family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, including the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id511D008DCEAF4F3488BEF67F8C399584" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated—</text><clause id="id038DF3F343A241888F512C996AFE9ADB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>nontribal</quote> and inserting <quote>non-Tribal</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id630443E852C3498AA3EA91E0D1F4666B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(including Alaska Natives)</quote> each place it appears; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF7CBB7D48685462CA0987F3968A0D843" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idDC235957C61F41FC89F3A26144F8AAE4" changed="not-changed"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10 note</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>34 U.S.C. 10452 note</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4FA04DE3C9F4D85964DFCAA8286272D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F0AFAAFB53D49F68E887817723F2CE7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EF20017C73B4C988F61B99788B75EB8" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id2D439F00761A4BD3A41397D722BE9CC6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b)(3), an entity shall be a Tribal organization, or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily on issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence within Indian Tribes, in Alaska that submits information to the Secretary demonstrating—</text><subparagraph id="id0B1AD6CFD16C44678FEE7FBA1CEA6FCC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>experience working with Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and the findings of section 901 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/10452">34 U.S.C. 10452</external-xref> note);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3308FB2E57CF41028542707F386D8CFD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>experience providing Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska with assistance in developing Tribally based prevention and intervention services addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and safety for American Indian and Alaska Native women consistent with the purposes of section 902 of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/162">Public Law 109–162</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/10452">34 U.S.C. 10452</external-xref> note);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA5503AF59E294294BF4D5FC6068C7762" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strong support for the entity’s designation as the Alaska Native Tribal resource center on domestic violence from advocates working with Indian Tribes in Alaska to address family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and the safety of Alaska Native women;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC3207D58F658499E8DD92858CA1A653B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a record of demonstrated effectiveness in assisting Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska with prevention and intervention services addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D3E175723514BB58FFE2D04A1ED506B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the capacity to serve geographically diverse Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations, in Alaska.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA2A15A5E85A74CAF8628CC925FE9AFCB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Native hawaiian resource center</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b)(4), an entity shall be a Native Hawaiian organization, or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily on issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence within the Native Hawaiian community, that submits information to the Secretary demonstrating—</text><subparagraph id="id663919C82397493EA0B15769DA360785" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>experience working with Native Hawaiian organizations to respond to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id400F1253EC6F47268E03C44E44ACCBA9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>experience providing Native Hawaiian organizations with assistance in developing prevention and intervention services addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and safety for Native Hawaiian women;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EB1D994470941A0936C079E61DE5506" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strong support for the entity’s designation as the Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence from advocates working with Native Hawaiian organizations to address family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and the safety of Native Hawaiian women;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id142288F30F514F339B82B8758832E69B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a record of demonstrated effectiveness in assisting Native Hawaiian organizations with prevention and intervention services addressing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE5AC0E7816F44E099F81DBC0515A5C5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the capacity to serve geographically diverse Native Hawaiian communities and organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D45DF55B8914377B3A7094347C6C230" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—</text><clause id="id36FC4761AA80447481CA3DC55385B392" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idF9EA6F05C499423386ADA84CEAA0D98D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(including Alaska Natives)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5E3EAA0CB67D4CC4A863BE2DB3306C4E" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants to State domestic violence coalitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 311(d) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10411">42 U.S.C. 10411(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99FC9D09252241B9B20426E93636E280"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F2A48331DC44A378DF8D306F0940719" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC650921BD7294699A469485C71142436" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id6FCBC88B1D644C2BB9C3207BDDCE440F" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>collaborating with, as applicable for the State, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations (or Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian groups or communities) to address the needs of Indian (including Alaska Native) or Native Hawaiian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, as applicable in the State;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D5CBFD456754037AC4D62C505E10982" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants to Tribal domestic violence coalitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10401">42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 311 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DC90D306A2F42C0985B4F42751C3C75" changed="not-changed"><section id="id678D9FF5627A46E28A27B23E536C555C" changed="not-changed"><enum>311A.</enum><header>Grants to Tribal domestic violence coalitions</header><subsection id="idA5BF2F3E3A8145EDA2E99A5073D49692" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants authorized</header><text>Beginning with fiscal year 2027, out of amounts appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id13444900FE2F476CA9DEAB378A554DB5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition that provides services to Indian Tribes.</text></subsection><subsection id="idBBF46404575B4AD396C717D3C8FA4823" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. The application submitted by the coalition for the grant shall provide documentation of the coalition’s work, demonstrating that the coalition—</text><paragraph id="id8C8050552B194C1C97A2F6A754D55AAB" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets all the applicable requirements set forth in this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id632C6567F60042A59E6AFF39AFFAEF93" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has the ability to conduct all activities described in this section, as indicated by—</text><subparagraph id="id901F6E87F68C4C0295EB70E5F89833CC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a documented experience in administering Federal grants to conduct the activities described in subsection (d); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBC26B1E7DF64130A56A66DEE4D1C384" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a documented history of activities to further the purposes of this section set forth in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6C913155418343FBB736FEAA59F89295" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A Tribal Domestic Violence Coalition eligible under subsection (b) that receives a grant under this section may use the grant funds for administration and operation to further the purposes of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence intervention and prevention activities, including—</text><paragraph id="idE3D78DD9E1E245B3A49EAAC2F73E9A26" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>working with local Tribal family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence service programs and providers of direct services to encourage appropriate and comprehensive responses to family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence against adults or youth within the Indian Tribes served, including providing training and technical assistance and conducting Tribal needs assessments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id57A685EEE0E645CF9297F98B859C9FF7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>participating in planning and monitoring the distribution of subgrants and subgrant funds within the State under section 308(a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF8E50A7D39DC47A8B8B93A6537DFA42E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>working in collaboration with Tribal service providers and community-based organizations to address the needs of victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and their children and dependents;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5285874200774A2CA8D48CAFE1D350B1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>collaborating with, and providing information to, entities in such fields as housing, health care (including mental health and substance use disorder care), social welfare, education, and law enforcement to support the development and implementation of effective policies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id01893A5154A14CE6A39ACD64AC67DAED" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>supporting the development and implementation of effective policies, protocols, legislation, codes, and programs that address the safety and support needs of adult and youth Tribal victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id73CEA56AACC8453CB10CC8675ADA3055" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>encouraging appropriate responses to cases of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence against adults or youth, by working with Tribal, State, and Federal judicial agencies and law enforcement agencies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF47DB9BE03394FF4B0137F5E421620E6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>working with Tribal, State, and Federal judicial agencies, including family law judges, criminal court judges, child protective service agencies, and children's advocates to develop appropriate responses to child custody and visitation issues—</text><subparagraph id="id2645B6C844E04C9DAE74D9B71B218FC5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in cases of child exposure to family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id795DF2030D9346149348E2EB2BAFD0D1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in cases in which—</text><clause id="idB70E38A5E02A4848A1FE48886B507AE9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence is present; and</text></clause><clause id="id6840312E198E45938F3365E0AED4CC63" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>child abuse is present;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0DFB150A3AC842269975CAC82C2DF67F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text>providing information to the public about prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence within Indian Tribes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88871C5A9A2B4423BB3CBAA2EE68D43F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>assisting Indian Tribes' participation in, and attendance of, Federal and State consultations on family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, including consultations mandated by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/322">Public Law 103–322</external-xref>), the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/20101">34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.</external-xref>), or this title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53B006D927A949BFA6958466AF7CB812" changed="not-changed"><enum>(10)</enum><text>providing services described in section 308(b) to victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEACE65A6A0E149D1BFC1C300887E2E22" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>If, at the end of the sixth month of any fiscal year for which sums are made available to carry out this section, a portion of the available amount has not been awarded to Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions for grants under this section because of the failure of such coalitions to meet the requirements for such grants, then the Secretary shall award such portion, in equal shares, to Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions that meet such requirements.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id75F62A881C2A47F09A0343F09F77A6F8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National Indian domestic violence hotline grant</header><paragraph id="id611FCC1B85C24A728706F80D4E7A5508" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this subsection is to increase the availability of information and assistance to Indian adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, family and household members of such victims, and individuals affected by such victimization by supporting a national, toll-free telephonic and digital hotline to provide services that are—</text><subparagraph id="idD76A7B50C94B4CDCB905069418204283" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>informed of Federal Indian law and Tribal laws impacting Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE1319DF8E607496ABF015DDB705B4CAE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>culturally appropriate to Indian adult and youth victims; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA36E43203A5147869F241899237F0D76" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developed in cooperation with victim services offered by Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id96FF8D11E20445419753453D6154AD6C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10401">42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 313 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32C3E118577A410F8D1294230BE0D253" changed="not-changed"><section id="idC49990B2FA5B4FDA84DCFED62178ADEE" changed="not-changed"><enum>313A.</enum><header>National Indian domestic violence hotline grant</header><subsection id="idCF1F8418282B4C8CB34FC0A8B311163F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award a grant to a Tribal organization or private, nonprofit entity to maintain the ongoing operation of a 24-hour, national, toll-free telephonic hotline and digital services to provide information and assistance to Indian adult and youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, family and household members of such victims, and other individuals affected by such victimization.</text></subsection><subsection id="id43E1CB2F51FB4F5DB52A9A588B0F0FB4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Secretary shall award a grant under this section for a period of not more than 5 years.</text></subsection><subsection id="id71AC1C78444248799F79F362B872E0B4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions on payment</header><text>The provision of payments under a grant awarded under this section shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary and subject to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal year to make the payments.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA943220943DF4342A6B058D441681274" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a Tribal organization or a nonprofit private organization that focuses primarily on issues of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence as it relates to American Indians and Alaska Natives, and submit an application to the Secretary that shall—</text><paragraph id="idCB5DE68AD6984369A3200011D7D6587C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain such agreements, assurances, and information, be in such form, and be submitted in such manner, as the Secretary shall prescribe;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB064286E0C1146C98433429C8695E665" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include a complete description of the applicant’s plan for the operation of a national Indian domestic violence hotline and digital services, including descriptions of—</text><subparagraph id="idE9CDACE343664D58871CAFFC3AEB64CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the training program for advocacy personnel, including training on the provision of culturally appropriate services, Federal Indian law and Tribal laws impacting Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and resources and referrals for such victims;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1803C822639241719ACC3E505F513A60" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualifications of the applicant and the hiring criteria and qualifications for advocacy personnel, to ensure that hotline advocates and other personnel have demonstrated knowledge of Indian legal, social, and cultural issues, to ensure that the unique needs of Indian callers and users of digital services are met;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id880E82B991E04A6C8D33E1F9013ADECC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the methods for the creation, maintenance, and updating of a resource database of culturally appropriate victim services and resources available from Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EAB0C9D504340B2B61FA3684B71E8E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a plan for publicizing the availability of the national Indian hotline and digital services to Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8798513103FA4B048F8BAC09268A0610" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a plan for providing service to callers and digital services users with limited English proficiency, including service through advocacy personnel who have non-English language capability;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2215339F8008485BB6AD6EFA25144E90" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a plan for facilitating access to hotline and digital services by persons with disabilities, including individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or are blind or have visual impairments, and for training hotline and digital services personnel in assisting persons with disabilities when those persons are accessing the hotline and digital services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC58640119720408BAE8E311BC7438642" changed="not-changed"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a plan for providing assistance and referrals to Indian youth victims of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, which plan may be carried out through a national Indian youth dating violence hotline and other digital services and resources;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE6F10C9F406F4FDBB78440EFD3071F9C" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>demonstrate recognized expertise providing services, including information on healthy relationships and referrals for Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and coordinating services with Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id409AA3E07E574FBE9E762A022414487B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>demonstrate support from Indian victim services programs, Tribal Domestic Violence Coalitions and Tribal grantees under this title;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0067F8D78B784823817B3BBB4B031D4B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>demonstrate capacity and the expertise to maintain a domestic violence hotline, digital services and a comprehensive database of service providers from Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6B5E44D2758C4AB2BE2BF53D01A8E6F2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>demonstrate that the applicant will follow comprehensive quality assurance practices; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5CEF727A74614D37B1E0106536D1B5AC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>contain such other information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id56C99AE370594E1298F7A237FDD459CE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Indian hotline activities</header><paragraph id="id28F63B36127648A18211ECC2E515B8E3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An entity that receives a grant under this section shall use funds made available through the grant for the purpose described in subsection (a), consistent with paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA5FCA462F9B34B98AC46763E9A099752" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In establishing and operating the hotline and digital services, the entity—</text><subparagraph id="idE911E0F547E94375B3A1ECE84DBCBE29" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall contract with a carrier for the use of a 24-hour toll-free telephone line and an internet service provider for operating digital services in accessible formats including TTY and interpreter services, where applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id855FF5FB72624064A3988585C3CB1E08" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall employ, train (including providing technology training), and supervise personnel to answer incoming calls and digital services contacts, provide counseling, healthy relationship information, and referral services for Indian or Native Hawaiian callers and digital services users on a 24-hour-a-day basis, directly connect callers, and assist digital services users in connecting to service providers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12BAE56C1A7348F2A7ACC8B19D20674F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall assemble and maintain a database of information relating to services for Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence to which Indian callers or digital services users may be referred, including information on the availability of shelter and supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id686B6ECE14CD46FCB3C43C9CF3BC45CC" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall widely publicize the hotline and digital services (and, as appropriate, in accessible formats, including formats compliant with the most recent Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or successor guideline as applicable) throughout Indian Tribes and communities, including—</text><clause id="id9B022EBF3D774A238BAB63667C9F9C1B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>national and regional member organizations of Indian Tribes;</text></clause><clause id="id29FF6FDA6B2445FBA57E607814C04400" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Tribal domestic violence services programs; and</text></clause><clause id="idB43EB6F7D9564728969799B588B9B07B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Tribal nonprofit victim service providers;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3AC71B30272A44C0BC2949EBD41A3507" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>at the discretion of the hotline operator or digital services provider, may provide—</text><clause changed="not-changed" id="id02C5DF3286A0435D8C5C0B14DD86D169"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appropriate assistance and referrals for family and household members of Indian victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and Indians affected by the victimization described in subsection (a); and</text></clause><clause id="id060F311C893C451692A581F5EB23BF81" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assistance, or referrals for counseling or intervention, for identified Indian perpetrators, including self-identified perpetrators, of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, but shall not be required to provide such assistance or referrals in any circumstance in which the hotline operator or digital services provider fears the safety of a victim may be impacted by an abuser or suspected abuser.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCA2423B8742547FBB1933EC81C08CA6F" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports and evaluation</header><text>The entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit a report to the Secretary at such time as shall be reasonably required by the Secretary. Such report shall describe the activities that have been carried out with such grant funds, contain an evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, and provide such additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id92a2e0c91f1c4dea9e34e36e31a76a9a"><enum>105.</enum><header>Tiwahe Initiative</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee6ce35e66324425a3a74872f0a1c053"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text><paragraph id="id7589e435d7834646802f64cd4723d57b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to strengthen Tribal families and communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2207ff653fef4879b98e222d1855b621"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce the need for out-of-home placements of Indian children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58494f1cba6d4cd2aa4710ddeb224111"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to improve coordination among programs and agencies serving Indian families;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddbf7889cc9f148208f2c40b6ede1db98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to promote Tribal self-determination in the design and delivery of family-centered services; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id72964f4a03d8406aab83ebaa176dada2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to expand the availability of the Tiwahe model to Indian Tribes beyond the pilot sites.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb580c457dfc492e9ca5625ce57176ed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a713733e3e2456ba84513028a0d3374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Council</header><text>The term <term>Council</term> means the Tiwahe Tribal Advisory Council established under subsection (g)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39c27709f7ef41cf821b631942c00512"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f0f1925bc744927897a25bdf80b039d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian Tribe; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17d7747bc50445c1a8532682c38686e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Tribal organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50e839a45ed84364b2baf62e68993c9c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot site</header><text>The term <term>pilot site</term> means the 10 Tribal sites chosen as participants in the Tiwahe Demonstration Project carried out by the Bureau of Indian Affairs before the date of enactment of this Act, including—</text><subparagraph id="idd264de56a6bb4b9494631208474b5ea7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Association of Village Council Presidents (comprised of 56 federally recognized Alaska Native Tribes located in 48 villages);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id876962d2994942f1921e94d724e92ff1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc22055861b16418a8fd9a1b2e87dc99d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id641ab0e7b6bc47b086e7232f68b04af7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44792e0a7d6d4fc5855e681d5e1df79e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id840feec00627414d933b0acbd8947955"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida763b940be654b95bcbf937cddd3d1f6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id213b244ff62a4d7f85fb05c2ec506c93"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id073a8270451a4620b165812650ce9910"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Oglala Sioux Tribe; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id12caf422dacd4bf8b0ae846ac553b999"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff85834f9a944d219062a192ee303379"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00f9825ffa2d4ce2b448eeee9fdb4733"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Self-determination contract</header><text>The term <term>self-determination contract</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23460c05337b4297a967ac19b4051fcd"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Self-governance compact</header><text>The term <term>self-governance compact</term> has the meaning given the term <term>compact</term> in section 401 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5361">25 U.S.C. 5361</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23ba75804d9e44c6a7ed09529a718484"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Tiwahe Initiative</header><text>The term <term>Tiwahe Initiative</term> means the Tiwahe Initiative established under subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8179cedc0ba74239b7bc5dc4272598fb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32f9ded6e6784bfaa12361de70493d3d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and carry out an initiative, to be known as the <term>Tiwahe Initiative</term>, to support and promote a family-centered delivery model for integrated community services to improve outcomes for Native children, families, and communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64b9546e2e124f09b6b70c17f284af34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Leadership role of pilot sites</header><text>The pilot sites shall serve as permanent partners of the Secretary in the implementation, evaluation, and continued development of the Tiwahe Initiative.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f16e8f5c90d453a9e1b6454a8d7669c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility requirements for eligible entities</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id102c6bc6f95742f9b0ed060cb99ee296"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a process under which an eligible entity may apply to participate in the Tiwahe Initiative.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida068071f5a8444c39dc5c31f9e404ebc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><text>As part of the process established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall require, at a minimum, the submission of a strategic plan to accomplish the following goals:</text><subparagraph id="id657ab06c69b94b50833e8dc2bf4b3491"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Placing families at the center of all services, seeking their voice and aspirations and responding to those aspirations to achieve their potential.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id965ce90f30c449bc8d24d74fe471d69a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Building relationships of trust with families to move those families beyond crisis intervention and help those families achieve medium-term and long-term goals and outcomes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id352ddca6173b42f8b132a3722f38fc17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Establishing a whole-of-Government response to effectively meet the needs of families, enabling those families to become self-governing and thriving contributors in their communities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88f3f4c71640483e8972a63784fdaacd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Building Tribal capacity and commitment to deliver on the governing principles of Tiwahe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7c5397ad792a444ab2ac3f4214cbe143"><enum>(e)</enum><header>DOI Programs Supporting Tiwahe</header><text>At a minimum, in carrying out the Tiwahe Initiative, the Secretary shall use the existing programs of the Department of the Interior that support the pilot sites.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0f3e4bf4852c428c9f3efc1ff544c3f7"> <enum>(f)</enum> <header>Interdepartmental expansion pilot program</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb218e446badd4452b9c63ac71a7b1934"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy, shall consult with the Council—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9283ad9d254b41f5a2dd426999940ed3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify additional Federal agencies, programs, and funding streams that may be used to further the purposes of the Tiwahe Initiative; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e163d8ea5a142bfb5db7cd494d3a36e">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to develop recommendations for a pilot program to coordinate and align Federal resources across Federal agencies to support the objectives of the Tiwahe Initiative to eligible entities participating in the Tiwahe Initiative.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id348b76a6a2c54ea29ae699c6c277f6c3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Memorandum of understanding</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf64579cc293444d88e687704e2d1b2c">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On completion of the consultation and recommendations required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with such Federal agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out a pilot program, to be known as the <quote>Tiwahe Initiative Intergovernmental pilot program</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <term>pilot program</term>).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1911f94f68a049fea180ed03ff5f23ad">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The memorandum of understanding entered into under subparagraph (A) shall establish a framework for interagency coordination, information sharing, technical assistance, and the coordinated delivery of Federal services and resources to eligible entities participating in the Tiwahe Initiative.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="idda6f9accba5242b0ae8a0ff9c551024d">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text>The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program for a period of 5 years in accordance with the memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (2)(A).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida1df756a63b94fc2aa06d95371abca7b">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Interim report</header>
<text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which the pilot program is established under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary, in consultation with the Council and the Federal agencies participating in the memorandum of understanding entered into under that paragraph, shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4425039832ae4edd95938afcc9f4c275">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the activities carried out under the pilot program;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd0a5b0ab981c41b38ed117c6366a610b"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>the extent to which the pilot program has advanced the purposes of the Tiwahe Initiative;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id147294d0c75b4aa9af04a55d9ceb25e6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>outcomes and lessons learned from interagency coordination; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ide2d6ec1fdd584862add46f05a3638324">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>recommendations relating to whether the pilot program should be continued, expanded, modified, or made permanent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id07543c5a23fb4d15ac71e9e446a52980" commented="no">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Recommendation on continuation</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days before the date on which the pilot program concludes, the Secretary, the Council, and the Federal agencies participating in the memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (2)(A) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide978d639573d433fa450289ecc83bcb9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">jointly evaluate the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b9d528807044e04b536948596a26415">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to Congress a recommendation relating to the continuation, expansion, modification, or permanent authorization of the pilot program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id836f70b040a9467fa316cf2af4d3cde1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Tiwahe Tribal Advisory Council</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5518390b88d2494b92d0a96642e5e300"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a Tiwahe Tribal Advisory Council.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2f3fd8b6f5bd4e778379072dd2b17196"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Council shall be composed of 15 members, to be appointed in accordance with the following:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96e96f846274420ab67c98261705df25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>5 shall be appointed by the Secretary, of which—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b8e4732f52244e3afd1fd355081519d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be a Native youth;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9c78f04a0184ebaa7c1d830c7eb79d1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 shall be from a national organization supporting the Tiwahe Initiative; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3da13f878d7e49a982b029e3cb94825c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>3 shall be members of an Indian Tribe.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id332c3a2ac1e443f5a4256d355108d7b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>10 shall be appointed by each of the pilot sites.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id93cee40e05184fd69c6efa712129458d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Council shall—</text><subparagraph id="idcae593e756f04ba48a3506ad13b68def"><enum>(A)</enum><text>advise the Secretary on the implementation, coordination, and administration of the Tiwahe Initiative;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf95f613a26da4fd7bb916578be9b33bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide recommendations to the Secretary to improve the delivery of Federal programs and services that support Tribal families, children, and communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28f9cf8ad3dd43b4ad1126ba356953a6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify barriers to interagency coordination and recommend strategies to improve collaboration among Federal agencies and eligible entities participating in the Tiwahe Initiative;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b9505a222304ad98bd2b50b498da2d9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assist the Secretary in identifying existing Federal programs, funding opportunities, and resources that may be integrated into the Tiwahe Initiative to advance the purposes of the Tiwahe Initiative;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id773cd9702d394dacbc43d1d176f55f10"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the selection, design, implementation, and evaluation of any Tiwahe Initiative pilot program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bda4ed10f694061987384c109e604f9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>consult with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Tribal service providers with respect to the effectiveness of programs and services provided under the Tiwahe Initiative;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76cb8bf1644148bc83c1eff5d1caa807"><enum>(G)</enum><text>review and provide recommendations to the Secretary with respect to the memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (f)(2) to promote coordinated Federal service delivery;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideee4798a1ad64df48614bee6237428b5"><enum>(H)</enum><text>establish performance measures and recommend outcome-based metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the Tiwahe Initiative and any pilot program carried out under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27297e886e5b4df3947e44989a0faf40"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify best practices and successful Tribal approaches that may be replicated or expanded through the Tiwahe Initiative; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc94336be22f64110b84929a378e39a57"><enum>(J)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary and Congress such recommendations as the Council determines appropriate to advance the purposes of the Tiwahe Initiative.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a050ccdd5f14a3c9444cb6a07134238"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term limits</header><text>A member of the Council shall serve for such number of terms as the Council may prescribe by the bylaws adopted by the Council at the time of establishment of the Council, subject to the condition that a member of the Council may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id693d3e7d4eac46b4838d80e9be077b57"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Council to carry out the responsibilities of the Council under this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id34df6f70e66b44cb87784f1890071180"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration of funds</header><text>The Secretary shall administer funds supporting the Tiwahe Initiative through grants, self-determination contracts, self-governance compacts, or other agreements.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b245c8d08224c9698dd212edcb24d65"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes or otherwise affects—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00b28ed0a76d4527bb987a20b63be061"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sovereign rights of an Indian Tribe;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0fd8de8948314283a2121a6726392b33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any treaty or other right of an Indian Tribe; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e6b75ca84064a9eb276633da3f2025a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id688920958d6a4a328c4d01c2944e136b"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Treatment of pilot sites</header><text>Any pilot site receiving funding or participating in a Tiwahe Initiative demonstration, pilot project, or related activity on the date of enactment of this Act shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbdaae8c92a644c984d734798df41a58"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remain eligible to participate in the Tiwahe Initiative; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf26b43c2d8b14495a6fc8a738e7f8753"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to receive funding at not less than the level provided during the fiscal year preceding the date of enactment of this Act, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb3969105b77f4405842fc7f548cd57a0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section (other than subsection (g)) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subsection></section><section id="idab2433f647e44a0faa01ab556fff1c1b" commented="no"><enum>106.</enum><header>Tribal justice support</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id780f849e2482481f922cda2a48a2b37e"><enum/><text>Section 103 of the Indian Tribal Justice Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3613">25 U.S.C. 3613</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d19c6aab215447c8bc71eb67c23ce64"><subsection id="idb4dbf51aaf87452d8fcb129c567a72de" commented="no"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Treatment of tribes in Public Law 280 States</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23de0eb33e9b450ea6cc11da81a4973c"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing base support funding under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that an Indian tribe located wholly or partially within a State subject to section 1162 of title 18 and section 1360 of title 28, United States Code, shall not be denied eligibility for, receive reduced consideration for, or otherwise be disadvantaged in receiving assistance under this section on the basis of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0aceea5d003e4bbca34aabd134538139">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the exercise of State jurisdiction under those sections; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide240fe9e65534f75883c2d042099372c">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the absence of, or limited extent of, Indian country, an Indian reservation, or a Tribal land base.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4fa1624cffc44ed28e207fe879f10360">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Recurring funds</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make base support funding under this section available on a recurring basis through a contract, grant, or agreement entered into under subsection (a), and not solely as a 1-time or assessment-based award.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id49501f924340481290d35d64f3ece369">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text>Nothing in this subsection shall reduce, or require the reallocation of, base support funding otherwise available to any other Indian tribe that is not located wholly or partially within a State subject to section 1162 of title 18 and section 1360 of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Improving Research and Data</header><section id="id8c9da2adc99c47398d91e88018cf142d"><enum>201.</enum><header>National Institutes of Health Tribal Health Research Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/281">42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4176c28e60e84495b4eed81e30d677b2"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id6d63759fd2d049ecad6e8c570b0e54b0"><enum>404P.</enum><header>Tribal Health Research Office</header><subsection id="id360b85847db24e1a84d86e1c2b45ab2d"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Establishment</header> <text>There is established within the Office of the Director of NIH an office, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Health Research Office</quote> (referred to in this section as the <term>Office</term>). The Office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Director of NIH.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1988704e11c4483d9bcd7837a11d3a10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Office are—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a7bd214a351413d8a103304a6e496ad"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the promotion of the Tribal health research programs of the national research institutes and national centers;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26ae6c327c19468cb81085defb2abfe0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination of such programs among the national research institutes and national centers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7739349421b4972a55443f2e992e094"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coordination of such programs between the national research institutes and national centers and other public entities and private entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddf7d5460013c4303a77f65fb27681e87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Director of the Office shall—</text><paragraph id="ida77d2163a22c41dfb2258a78078531e9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>lead and coordinate Tribal health research activities at the National Institutes of Health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03cf62ea752c4d35941a7dde43dfbbcc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>disseminate to Tribal communities transparent and culturally aware information about the National Institutes of Health and biomedical and behavioral research, including by overseeing the development of a clearinghouse site on data-backed culturally derived interventions;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5500b9a923be45b18de1f6e606b57b96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide grants to develop, test, and implement innovative approaches to Native American health, including culturally based interventions and research on early childhood, children, and youth, including disparities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id367fa4fbf24f4112a3a6a944d8d148a4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>work to enhance capacity for research in Native and Tribal communities, including by designating not fewer than 2 employees of the Office to serve as children’s funding and data liaisons for Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to facilitate access to grants, research, and capacity building opportunities across the Federal Government;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id83f7daf6a4a542e49ebec4584baf70af"><enum>(5)</enum><text>develop a process to ensure that the Office has the opportunity to provide input in grant review for the national research institutes and national centers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2d8af51d5bf4ceb9550e0e6cf3cd804"><enum>(6)</enum><text>serve as the Executive Secretary of the National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee established under section 404Q; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14fd1f20c75b41f4969b6ddbba162299"><enum>(7)</enum><text>submit to Congress and make publicly available an annual report that addresses—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99dc62e470144807bce5d59e062b9b29"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of interoperability of Federal data sets used by Federal agencies that involve Native peoples;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23ab785eb69b4c4ca7bfafd8aa586e1e"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acceptance of traditional ecological knowledge in Federal research and grantmaking; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9072d67b38cc46eab3363f4c3025d4e1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other issues relating to Tribal health research and data sovereignty.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2e3b786a352748f5a6101c80ed43f0f5"><enum>404Q.</enum><header>National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="idad9252268e82420f8ad0a575c4781e51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="idcc8f4b93e6db41abbf317f44b2f92533"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the National Institutes of Health an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>National Institutes of Health Tribal Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this section as the <term>Advisory Committee</term>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8423682759d14b22b8d660294ff1893f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary, the Director of NIH, and the Director of the Tribal Health Research Office on all matters relating to Tribal health research, promotion, and coordination.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7bc9d022a6fe4a908161d7953f832183"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="idd6e4ec9f274c41bfac3894f743f19e6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><subparagraph id="idae6babda1d56492a9d231a42165a89b0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required members</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be composed of not fewer than 17 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom—</text><clause id="idc4fa7ef37d474443b8438c2e19ce4827"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text>12 shall be Tribal leaders (or their designees) from each of the 12 regions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1f81f384449043caa93d63579655f96b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 shall be a representative of a Native Hawaiian organization;</text></clause><clause id="idb6d0505a40b740de97f94be1bfe37ceb"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>2 shall be representatives of an urban Indian organization; and</text></clause><clause id="id4a5c8b70d36d4682915604288da21fbf"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>2 shall be representatives of Tribal Epidemiology Centers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide20e969f6adb4e75b070e021e06d7cbb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Optional member</header><text>In addition to the members required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may appoint an additional member to serve on the Advisory Committee, who shall be a representative of Native youth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id14b6c8daef3b41edb988c30bdda34437"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint members to the Advisory Committee from among nominations submitted by Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5db658f70a584051a01c98a241271d09"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that members of the Advisory Committee—</text><subparagraph id="id4edfea097a4741d1b7ebb7bb0da92965"><enum>(A)</enum><text>represent diverse geographic regions; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfcbf06aabfc3408daed834988af13df9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have experience in Tribal issues, research, and theory of data sovereignty and traditional ecological knowledge and practices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2a13f6577f594afaa3845b65e6351180"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall—</text><paragraph id="id08ae4dbabf05473d9b263c3807763e9a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advise staff of the National Institutes of Health and provide feedback on any action or policy of the National Institutes of Health that will have Tribal implications;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a06c69f3eb14122ac06dea8283d3702"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve as a forum for Indian Tribes and the National Institutes of Health to discuss proposals for changes to policies, regulations, and procedures of the National Institutes of Health, including research priorities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddaafdaa7815f4d2b98d3aef33024fc76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>explore opportunities for participation in other committees or working groups of the National Institutes of Health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24659060889f416fa815dd95e3e7ab6e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>respond to the National Institutes of Health on cultural and technical issues regarding grants and contract policies and the impact of such policies on Indian Tribes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id61f8eaaaea21486caee73d89337812eb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>raise pertinent issues to the attention of Tribal leaders; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id256c070a971e41e2be2f098f91c17cc1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>if appropriate, propose clarifications, recommendations, and solutions to address issues raised at Tribal, regional, and national levels, including—</text><subparagraph id="id695240e3d7a44216a7ffc8848fde26cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase the accessibility of Federal datasets containing data relating to Tribal health disparities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb129f1fecbe40778c084bf41c0e45e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop data standards and standard definitions to be used across the Federal Government to improve the interoperability of Federal datasets containing data relating to Tribal health;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f3c502992ad47f49227163a6594576d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to expand opportunities for Native communities to implement interventions using traditional Indigenous knowledge and practice-based evidence with Federal funds;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cd4d358ba78492b9f2034d4e51240df"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to increase opportunities for Federal agencies and communities to collect strengths-based and community values-centric data;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb549331a597142b7b3242d93ce296f8b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to improve policies for accessing and sharing data collected relating to Tribal communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f9cfd68d0ba490bacefc6681db60f63"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to expand opportunities for the acceptance of traditional knowledge and cultural interventions that do not meet the current evidence-based practice standard of the Federal Government but are known to be effective by Native communities as practice-based evidence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id02217037ca524ea4b5d0557deb44aabe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet in person not less frequently than twice annually.</text></subsection><subsection id="id064d2752d47e4327b07ee21acf2807e1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Agency representation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8d10259b62643d194caa5ccc1c11efd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of NIH shall serve as the designated Federal officer for the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d4a274708a149f08ef72ba1e2d0a84e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Executive Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Tribal Health Research Office shall serve as the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idebf18c8e021144d58c90e942e3210280"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="id3d9398a2406549cbafd277b9d646e8e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee reports</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the relevant committees of Congress a report on—</text><subparagraph id="id4aa220f5278244c7810712340665eb9d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Advisory Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4039cba878754e349357b561ce0a4231"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research, data, and health challenges affecting Native communities, particularly children and youth; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37ef2e80f93241b49bbf5421e656a120"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative and administrative actions, if appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d4182534e264d3a99d2e8cb33b8d9ab"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency response</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a written response to—</text><subparagraph id="idc5438e6289d14a888000586ffcb96bbd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id589a101a5f264326a330a035e1d6de53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant committees of Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb87bc9629d64dadaedbaadd5c892317"> <enum>(g)</enum> <header>Compensation</header> <text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation. Members shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence and other necessary expenses incurred by such members in carrying out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id75c204ca43b64f9e99c5b46305898142"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Support</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical and logistical support to the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4e0d0f14946040e28a2262cc7767c162"><enum>(i)</enum><header>FACA exemption</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>), shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7de06b28489f44fb9e37b78ee3b0ec54"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id900be2b568204a40bd9969bcabd6c52e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Relevant committees of congress</header><text>The term <term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="ide71139a879dd42ff8181a5897f86187f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida807d15e75294796b3949dad1e24148d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfebb41dd36b6449fb6792a27465a41e8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0af943b703045b38766a90a48dea8f0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3041f016e231460f803c0ee37e0a3367"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Urban indian organization</header><text>The term <term>urban Indian organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a8efc138cd04d0a806b26e11d0fd6be"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idb2577c1cb0aa40f78208f9c4a8e354d6"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improving Native infant and maternal health data</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86750d1d303f4906acbb4564cccf5b02"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a637c38f3fb49a18bbd0a5ce140bd81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Papa Ola Lokahi</header><text>The term <term>Papa Ola Lokahi</term> has the meaning given the term in section 12 of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11711">42 U.S.C. 11711</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbff99038d4534062827b7727d8d003c1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Urban Indian organization</header><text>The term <term>urban Indian organization</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1603">25 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf386b567627346c1ad265b3c6b40ccf2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Infant and maternal health data improvement</header><text>The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, Papa Ola Lokahi, and urban Indian organizations, shall—</text><paragraph id="idca1051b37a6e4a8f97370f47a8f33445"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop guidance for State and local health agencies to improve the quality and accuracy of data with respect to Native American infant and maternal health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide97e86e71b8e4f78859deb5fbc31a0f2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enter into cooperative agreements with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, Papa Ola Lokahi, and urban Indian organizations to analyze and address misclassification and undersampling of Native American infant and maternal health datasets;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id277893ab96a844ab9c752ca712bb1616"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adopt, based on local, statewide, Tribal, and national best practices, uniform methods for the collection of infant and maternal health data, including aggregating data over time, using weighted sampling, and oversampling small populations, such as Native American communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8bf88917348d4db6afe7a0601fa908e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>encourage States to enter into data sharing agreements with Indian Tribes, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, and Papa Ola Lokahi to improve the quality and accuracy of Native American infant and maternal health data, including by addressing misclassification and undersampling of Native American data in State and local public health data systems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3184d89f420450d9831cf01b9711b87"><enum>(5)</enum><text>offer technical assistance to States to support the adoption, based on local, statewide, Tribal, and national best practices and in consultation with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Papa Ola Lokahi, as appropriate, uniform methods for the collection of infant and maternal health data, including aggregating data over time, using weighted sampling, and oversampling small populations, such as Native American communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb54ba420095459292ff42b7c2aee613"><enum>(6)</enum><text>conduct Tribal consultations and identify the barriers to Indian Tribes participating in the programs described in subsection (d) of section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247b-12">42 U.S.C. 247b–12</external-xref>) and offer technical assistance to Indian Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, and urban Indian organizations to develop maternal mortality review committees under such section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f905f82780649eaa0b7130b286054f8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report on infant and maternal health data, including Native American infant and maternal health data.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Improving the Physical and Behavioral Health of Native Children</header><section id="id4215b984caa64bfbbbeb5e6773188e93"><enum>301.</enum><header>Health Resources and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/280g">42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD631A4B9C74741A69367BDAE03260377"><section id="ideb5a7cee2c684cf481498c52ff5ff8e5"><enum>399V–8.</enum><header>Health Resources and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="id8632c024b4ac480eadd287b49f37f00d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id071e9463f7e44e2292477756907297dd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the Health Resources and Services Administration an advisory committee to be known as the <quote>Health Resources and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb8a0b4f57204367ba108ae99808d904"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall provide a forum wherein elected Tribal officials acting in their official capacity (or designated employees of such officials) and Health Resources and Service Administration staff exchange views, information, or advice about emerging public health issues in Indian country, the identification of urgent public health resources and service needs, and collaborative approaches to address the issues and needs of American Indian and Alaska Native populations. The Advisory Committee shall support, but not supplant, government-to-government consultation between the Secretary and Indian Tribes on activities and policies of the Health Resources and Service Administration that affect Tribes and American Indian and Alaska Native populations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id804a05799e424fbea560ed54b4d157da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="ide80f5e80bd444b96b562fac9950c1a42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be composed of at least 14 members, appointed by the Secretary as described in paragraph (2), including 1 representative for each of the 12 service areas of the Indian Health Service, and 1 alternate delegate for each such member.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd611983264804f7384550ce1880b866e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Advisory Committee from nominations submitted by Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05ebd5e147a141789520e83c68fcfe22"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Each member of the Advisory Committee appointed by the Secretary under this subsection shall—</text><subparagraph id="idc44ab39a264947cd9ffd12567915fbc1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be an elected Tribal official, acting in their official capacity as an elected official of their Tribe, or be designated by an elected Tribal official, in that official’s elected capacity, with authority to act on behalf of the Tribal official; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7fc0b2817e04199a070493602c634b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have experience in matters related to programs under the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id286ae3c4bbb74c3cafafb2efcfb26f22"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tribal technical advisors</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that members of the Advisory Committee have the support of Tribal technical advisors to support their work on the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id078d3a4526ae4569ad1d06834be2b745"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="id091873b7f54a4ea4be2b82482d69afa1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf80e1e9a33a24911a53b52a2761fac86"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Staggered terms</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a system of staggered terms to ensure continuity of the Advisory Committee.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd703808176064bceac4ff49cabd62894"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee may be reappointed for not more than 2 consecutive terms.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b6c987d46bb434facaeb380e6e06a2f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Vacancies in the membership of the Advisory Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id06c5322258a74386aac57003fc1761c9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="idb63c7a1bd7cb4e13b86aef8d533027ff"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall—</text><subparagraph id="id2874cf3628cf42a599dd17fe186c6e16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify evolving issues and barriers to access, coverage, and delivery of services pursuant to Health Resources and Service Administration programs to American Indian and Alaska Native individuals;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a6c18d19f054ba7a7cfe62dd16d6f4e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>propose to the Secretary and to Congress clarifications, recommendations, and solutions to address issues raised at the Tribal, regional, and national levels;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f9e80c784f04fcf97a409af70a54adb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>serve as a forum for Indian Tribes and the Health Resources and Service Administration to discuss changes to regulations, policies, and procedures of the Health Resources and Service Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb0af30e7e9d743c088e9feda9be61838"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify priorities and provide advice on appropriate strategies for Tribal consultation with the Health Resources and Service Administration on issues at the Tribal, regional, and national levels; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c264d23d7544fef9145f2c486fa1e67"><enum>(E)</enum><text>communicate with Indian Tribes in their respective areas and gather feedback on pertinent issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8675858ad721496aa19080872e3ed96c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><subparagraph id="id3fbb4d509aea4512a68d0da1167abd01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chair and Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee—</text><clause id="id7971fde24d3c48258155268efeb04d67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall establish a subcommittee on maternal health; and</text></clause><clause id="idf6f8f24865cd4a848e67ca25be4ace99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may establish such other subcommittees as the Chair and Vice Chair determine appropriate to carry out the duties of such committee.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a24933eda3d488985097ae13e5b90de"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties of subcommittee on maternal health</header><text>The subcommittee on maternal health established under subparagraph (A)(i) shall—</text><clause id="id5eefdff247574b62a5208360c91c0fde"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identify emerging issues affecting maternal health outcomes among American Indian and Alaska Native women;</text></clause><clause id="id75ffc8b7672e493387bcc35bb55ed30d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>propose solutions and provide recommendations, with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native women—</text><subclause id="id057611034045429ba7aa3a2bd87f7452"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to reduce maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity;</text></subclause><subclause id="id8187e6b27e724f6cb83c4f4202fb79b6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to improve access to maternal health care services;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc1bc23e2d20348b085db74956ad804e0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to enhance culturally appropriate care;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide88fbdd45feb4818a1e44495d2989ee9"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>to strengthen maternal health data collection and surveillance;</text></subclause><subclause id="idaaac0ebc498049ee91590f792c13cb4e"><enum>(V)</enum><text>to address social determinants of maternal health;</text></subclause><subclause id="id7e3ba72af2984fbe80cca368cd78bc63"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>to address postpartum mental health and substance use disorder treatment and care; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idf40c9caf204942dd9b39492cd37c0a57"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>to recognize the interconnectedness between maternal health and child health outcomes, encouraging initiatives that prioritize comprehensive care for mothers to enhance child health;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id667ded3b4f2f43788be86ca5009e3738"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide guidance on Tribal consultation for maternal health initiatives;</text></clause><clause id="id981e969485f14924ae9aaa4665e2e3d4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identify interdepartmental barriers and propose solutions to the Advisory Committee for coordination between the Health Resources and Services Administration and—</text><subclause id="id52c29596e71a469ba0801f49b4db8f1d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Indian Health Service;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb29ee77eceef424fada25d9d2ed273fd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc5b655e2af644abd80ea424b9c2a85e7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;</text></subclause><subclause id="id3338c84338544bbf8609d035b46114aa"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>State maternal mortality review committees; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9e79b14fbb504b4ab1a8ea5baff9ea28"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Tribal epidemiology centers;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id27cd415756ff4bcbab995f9038c03f17"><enum>(v)</enum><text>guide the Advisory Committee in traditional American Indian and Alaska Native practices in maternal health services;</text></clause><clause id="id2a2c70ad8b6b4cb8b86a4b64e5a9c092"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>support emergency preparedness for maternal health crises in Tribal communities; and</text></clause><clause id="id8ac4238acedc426d9d239f459b297a0f"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>evaluate the progress of the Department of Health and Human Services in establishing regional American Indian and Alaska Native maternal and child mortality review boards, and provide recommendations for the establishment of such boards.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id426cd4c1048b4ee193ce89041226dac8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><paragraph id="id57815a45feb5484595f2f789e2ac86f9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet in person not less frequently than twice each year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09dfcfab68e0492c94ff3bff1ae66e21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency representation</header><text>The Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (or a designee) shall attend each meeting of the subcommittee on maternal health established under subsection (c)(2)(A)(i).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6152b7cdbb32424aba7c46ba4e685964"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="idef78cf852d42404e8b8260e5e7f24a6f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee reports</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the relevant committees of Congress a report on—</text><subparagraph id="id0b2651c690344c51974b8a8d9f520d34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6f672a2e4d944ea82cfe933872596af"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public health challenges affecting Tribal communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id455859b473bd44f9a66487bdac7b62cd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>maternal health challenges affecting Tribal communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2387d03d6464fff8940eaa2a6f51525"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative and administrative actions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idceebc33cd339428883338323dc2affea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency response</header><text>Not later than 45 days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a written response to such report to—</text><subparagraph id="idcd2485e520e9465b83710da6063a65b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Advisory Committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idedfb47ccabf241d19be1dc0e1ad56049"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant committees of Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb5d30411b3044e1da96b788f58a0364b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph id="id2e4f5254d0b940af9e9faab33aece298"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id614262696690470ca5e628a8c7434fcf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the course of carrying out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2f49c5a70e714bf495f7dd1ab54b07b3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Support</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical and logistical support to the Advisory Committee. Pursuant to subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall provide for Tribal technical support from a national Indian organization, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, from within authorized appropriations, to carry out this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7f68958c911a49aaabb44b7317364489"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Applicability of faca</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>), shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id08515f7130344b968786c7475459efa4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id4649b8e9ae944b81a54ca61de08940fe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header><text>The term <term>Advisory Committee</term> means the Health Resources and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8ba00fbcfe442dea956cb4154d2415c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relevant committees of congress</header><text>The term <term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id8aa6a3a0436041ce82496c54fa74024f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6eada19cfee455ca8d99dd1df7f3b42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id636dfbf3dceb4e7e8adac0339dd8e35e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d22be6f777e42fd83f0167abe10dfc3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida8e962b2a954418388792929c8de792d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idba96137ebf264472a3dc6586f660f8c3"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id9b8469e72ce5418fb56efed9a8a5fd72"><enum>302.</enum><header>Department of Health and Human Services study on the intersection of maternal mortality and domestic violence</header><subsection id="id58d1513582db4680b05a582145fbccad"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior, shall commence Tribal consultation for purposes of a study on the intersection between maternal mortality and domestic violence with respect to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian mothers.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee2db557707d4c7ba66b405a1d12adee"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id3453dcea4a964e7a8fd5d6a32fecfe60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>The consultation for purposes of the study under subsection (a) shall include consultation with—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id454ba31456374eb9bb12e41de7067f85"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Native leaders, Native health experts, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations advancing maternal health and preventing domestic violence; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb0de4322ae548768be4f5259ecc4938"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other Federal agencies, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id48675b8ad8ef438787c0d8634fd418fe"><enum>303.</enum><header>Grants to grow the perinatal workforce for Tribal communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 757 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/294f">42 U.S.C. 294f</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc47f7455ea564612a2a833874a15a892"><section id="ide33b8c6804dc47c7a9c9d186601e51da"><enum>758.</enum><header>Tribal perinatal workforce demonstration grants</header><subsection id="id4849b311065d48738a7720d678b943b2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to establish or expand programs to recruit, train, and retain maternity care providers, mental and behavioral health care providers acting in accordance with State law, registered dietitians or nutrition professionals (as such term is defined in section 1861(vv)(2) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395x">42 U.S.C. 1395x(vv)(2)</external-xref>)), and other perinatal health workers to increase access to culturally appropriate perinatal care in Tribal communities.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2c395c82f8af4462802167616d25dac2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Recipients of grants under this section shall use the grants to grow and diversify the perinatal workforce by—</text><paragraph id="id690f83b37c414760969a05284b0bafdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing accredited schools, programs, medical residencies, fellowships, or other education and training opportunities that prepare individuals to practice in an Indian Health Service facility, Tribal health program, urban Indian organization, or other Indian health program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b7b093cd089404bb72b6ff9db25c88e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recruiting, training, and retaining individuals for the programs described in paragraph (1), including individuals who—</text><subparagraph id="id974cbfd40cb9400aa808b9e71180f2d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are members of an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b4e88220c4747dda7468ac4fa84b05c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have demonstrated experience or expertise working with Tribal communities; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05f557eaa70846c39eaeb4a29495839a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>have completed training on providing culturally appropriate care to Tribal communities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9fb428a2fb7b4b69adf7928e4177d6cc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing and implementing culturally appropriate workforce training, curricula, mentorship programs, clinical experiences, or other educational activities in partnership with Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f2d1f3c82b840ad9efd268ff8a1a7c6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>supporting education, training, licensing, certification, or clinical experience for—</text><subparagraph id="idd966ba89d108436991d0fc09221d9462"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maternity care providers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id833d777039b9450086cbb62a409c189a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mental and behavioral health care providers acting in accordance with State law;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94ab98151972440083f4138f52cf3dbc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>registered dietitians or nutrition professionals (as defined in section 1861(vv)(2) of the Social Security Act);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08363c39627846e0a8efc8aec7e1c4b4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>midwives who meet, at a minimum, the international definition of a midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc6e434bde110456faea5a3243a8ae56a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>perinatal health workers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee65a9c286094cebaeca9a02496111a0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>physician assistants;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd49c8dd3dd4345cbbeaa39a5b134285d"><enum>(G)</enum><text>advanced practice registered nurses; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id053dfe1fc1bb4ad2ae9aa4284e345293"><enum>(H)</enum><text>lactation consultants certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3bf4d2218d6c41688412fae31bf23180"><enum>(5)</enum><text>expanding the capacity of existing accredited schools, programs, medical residencies, or fellowships described in paragraph (1), including by increasing enrollment, expanding clinical training opportunities, and awarding scholarships, fellowships, stipends, or other student support.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide20e95172a74442493e7bb0492d01c05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that—</text><paragraph id="id2c2ce2946d3f4c468a61763299d1a3b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit a joint application with, or demonstrate a formal partnership with, an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or urban Indian organization to develop and implement culturally appropriate workforce training, recruitment, and retention strategies;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id727eaca929fa4748b25bc08e76683ec6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have demonstrated a commitment to recruiting and retaining students, faculty, and health professionals who are members of Indian Tribes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idefd4a5b8a3be4a70866c6577115dd6a2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>have developed a strategy to recruit and retain students and providers who plan to practice in a health professional shortage area designated under section 332; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c8a32fe84464d229ff4aec459ac561a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>have developed a strategy to recruit and retain students and providers who plan to practice in an Indian Health Service facility, Tribal health program, or urban Indian organization.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5a04cbbee6ec47ddbd68bdb171027fba"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an annual report on the activities conducted through the grant, including—</text><paragraph id="idb5bdc7cc658848989006b867a5465d2c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number and demographics of students participating in the program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf29cb175fca14ba293745d406bb8f425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to which students participating in the program enter careers in—</text><subparagraph id="idb91f4ee649034b889d2c2d45dd05dc3f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>health professional shortage areas designated under section 332; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf83130317cfa47af94e3520ffa7bd42b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Indian Health Service facilities, Tribal health programs, or urban Indian organizations; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id02a171061f0e4d6aa92021f3e24c4ed7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of the grant on increasing the availability of culturally appropriate perinatal health services in Tribal communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4764dadd73434ed884bfa9ad0a1438a4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Period of grants</header><text>The period of a grant under this section shall be up to 5 years.</text></subsection><subsection id="id55be9d04184044e09a2f042ca244a016"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide, directly or by contract, technical assistance to entities seeking or receiving a grant under this section on the development, use, evaluation, and postgrant period sustainability of the school or program described in subsection (b) that is proposed to be, or is being, established or expanded through the grant.</text></subsection><subsection id="id782b80743df64e0e925adf000a5d7072"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report by the Secretary</header><text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress, and post on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the effectiveness of the grant program under this section at increasing the number of perinatal health professionals working in an Indian Health Service facility, a Tribal facility, or an urban Indian organization.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcb6f09fb75534dffa2229115c4ae117f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8cb89d44dc0446ab6e723108e08a7ea"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id6922f844eca846c790b9cef750f735e5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida81437ba5d9f464291cfccc6f8f9b4d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an accredited school or program that provides education and training for maternity care providers, mental and behavioral health care providers, registered dietitians or nutrition professionals, or other perinatal health professionals;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53f4a4b8a979419f98984ba213b387cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a teaching health center or graduate medical education program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86f1e8d7b3164f6fb34f9c2e2c2694a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47ed04859cd14181a7301f81ccd25958"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc07c528212f54f59b91104e3e73cb384"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a consortium of entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530530655b7749eba1a9eacbd0d2481d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maternity care provider</header><text>The term <term>maternity care provider</term> means a health care provider who is a physician, physician assistant midwife who meets at a minimum the international definition of a midwife and global standards for midwifery education as established by the International Confederation of Midwives, advanced practice registered nurse, or a lactation consultant certified by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, and has a focus on maternal or perinatal health.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfcab63496ac4331b2a8b6a8bdaf661f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Perinatal health worker</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>perinatal health worker</term> means a nonclinical health worker focused on maternal or perinatal health, such as a doula, community health worker, peer supporter, lactation educator or counselor, nutritionist or dietitian, childbirth educator, social worker, home visitor, patient navigator or coordinator, or language interpreter.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide915d03dca1f49238a7c7703e2df6be9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id0cffc965f06a4393a3ba0a3233e578bd"><enum>304.</enum><header>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal Technical Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 501C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290aa-0b">42 U.S.C. 290aa–0b</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7348de511c54fef9d982823b1872ee5"><section id="idaa09c0b831364f638008ea054a32a279"><enum>501D.</enum><header>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal Technical Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="idc90f27cf55704cf68804c1232d29b8e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall establish within the Administration a Tribal Technical Advisory Committee to be known as the <quote>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal Technical Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>TTAC</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="ida3533a8576c742f090c1ed1b76446c30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the TTAC shall be to serve as an advisory committee to the Assistant Secretary regarding the provision of culturally appropriate mental health and substance use services to American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including—</text><paragraph id="id0419930e2a4548088d6882e74590e477"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying behavioral health priorities for children and youth in Tribal communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6086514d6af485e91c0a5953f4385f3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improving the quality and effectiveness of behavioral health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id737d13b080c949e5908a3ed214d4540e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifying evolving issues and barriers to access, coverage, and delivery of services relating to substance use and mental health services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34ec961fe8924e33a875b304842db2b9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>increasing Tribal consultation in program planning and policies of the Administration;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3576c6c2542347b195f4630650cf9439"><enum>(5)</enum><text>supporting and enhancing government-to-government relationships between Indian Tribes and the Administration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2cc7926c445d41bd8f75624fc2255f3a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>providing recommendations on the policies and activities of the Administration that affect Tribal communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfd02ee9073ed46feb76c3ffe2ea15b17"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="idb44826e82f394bb2a065949a7062136e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title>, the Assistant Secretary shall appoint the members of the TTAC in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ea5d390e53645c18d278fa60d136b67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The TTAC shall be composed of not fewer than 14 members, including the following:</text><subparagraph id="idfb5cbef9f13848bcb23b270f983f8520"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 representative from each of the 12 service areas of the Indian Health Service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id192a000ec0d94907ba2a9817ae6e5545"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>2 representatives from national Tribal organizations or urban Indian organizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act) who possess national expertise in behavioral health.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf791f2f647944964962b53ba9cc895ce"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Each member of the TTAC appointed under paragraph (2) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id447038f2fc64404092662df42c6b464e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be an elected Tribal official, acting in their official capacity as an elected official of their Tribe, or be designated by an elected Tribal official, in that official’s elected capacity, with authority to act on behalf of the Tribal official; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2275244e58904491bdc2e2453d883628"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have expertise in behavioral health, public health, or related fields.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id671f1a1ea23d4dd2a74f24d8831efa48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="id723afda2deb949b58f7361b34390e17a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member of the TTAC shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf401789056fd4600a31fa715493713bd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy in the TTAC shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the TTAC.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfda1874198b546d7a7d04482d7df7cf2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Tribal technical advisors</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that TTAC members have the support of Tribal technical advisors that have subject matter expertise to support the work of the TTAC.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcda18b3a65984431ace3723b5d234ea5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The TTAC shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ee1dbccaaea45f89d421188e5b8a300"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide advice to the Assistant Secretary on policies and programs affecting Tribal communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6267d7cd29554459ab560c7b26f1a9e5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify emerging issues and concerns regarding behavioral health in Tribal communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22360c13caec4c6aaa6d62ce62dda978"><enum>(3)</enum><text>propose solutions and recommendations for addressing identified issues; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida7a0ad70f3ee4b1f965e7f2b8ea81178"><enum>(4)</enum><text>submit an annual report to the Assistant Secretary summarizing the activities and recommendations of the TTAC.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52f4ba6221814d92ae2eac4326e73697"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Support</header><paragraph id="id042f96a5cd6346e0a82c32d5ca26e381"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall provide such staff and support services as may be necessary for the TTAC to carry out its duties.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6d07264a06814485a523aebb431f7f3c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members of the TTAC who are not officers or employees of the United States shall not receive compensation for service on the TTAC, but may receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d15467fa80d4a86ba2834255970dcfc"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applicability of FACA</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>), shall not apply to the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id722a01e989f040db82c98cd15de7911d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section shall—</text><paragraph id="id2d6a6899043c48ea8c3fb3f30bdaff0a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>limit the obligation of the United States to provide services to American Indians and Alaska Natives; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3890a58c1cb543e09c4d5e856cd19530"><enum>(2)</enum><text>modify, diminish, or otherwise affect the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian Tribes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idabbe3b59d14a42f394628a8274e811ee"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id8b1e2ccb36fa4967bb90b2bb8d261aa7"><enum>305.</enum><header>Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title II of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/238">42 U.S.C. 238 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90A4C9988235442195B95789080AAEC4"><section id="idE4D71A3192EE413292C6723CCE7BCFFD" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>249.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="id2d2c9d1dc1874b9c977cf96e5a86cb5b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id05dc906c40e84640bb5fbd1055f010d0"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>The Secretary shall establish within the Department of Health and Human Services a committee to be known as the <quote>Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id99f4c24cc42c4e868c9b5235651a23da"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Committee shall be to seek consensus, exchange views, share information, provide advice and recommendations, and facilitate and enhance, but not supplant, government-to-government consultation between the Secretary and Indian Tribes on matters relating to intergovernmental responsibilities or the administration of programs under the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddf5c9acc7676419990e162e8d3eb414d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id4e1ce6d54f994ab7a8ec8fa4d4529f61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of 1 representative from each of the 12 service areas of the Indian Health Service.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b9d4586ac3c4307ae94c418275a67ba"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee from nominations submitted by Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and national organizations representing American Indians and Alaska Natives.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id583be2b39a2342819efe061c2f745a54"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>With respect to the members of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6915f59419d4a47bf452e2fe8192747"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each such member shall—</text><clause id="id521027ed8a2545729473c78ba41bcff6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be an elected Tribal official, acting in their official capacity as an elected official of their Tribe, or be designated by an elected Tribal official, in that official’s elected capacity, with authority to act on behalf of the Tribal official; and</text></clause><clause id="id636eee77ba2f48988dd786baf836debd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have experience in matters related to programs under the Department; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida59fb6848acd426eb5f32fa04f2e51e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the members shall together represent diverse geographic regions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6fb1266d4c949018c58eeb859a1d677"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="id0915955dd3394f9db924aa87b305d0b7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf555bfcfb514dd2ae7ebc120643bc47"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Staggered terms</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a system of staggered terms to ensure continuity of the Committee.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd99e7bc2f534c65905d71bdac8fdab8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>Members of the Committee may be reappointed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id40e80460b6b744cd85c8d68e9848262e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Tribal technical advisors</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that members of the Advisory Committee have the support of Tribal technical advisors to support their work on the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideb41fe937514469790dd5c5a7a023ee2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Committee shall—</text><paragraph id="id35149e546d1b42fa823819a4bb0b980e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify evolving issues that affect the administration of programs under the Department that serve American Indians and Alaska Natives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3a17693aa35466ca5c3237409c9cc28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>propose solutions and provide recommendations—</text><subparagraph id="id25e0547b5c7d42a4aa28930d0208e810"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve access to, coverage of, and delivery of services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id148d77657c954fc2a14780194014b699"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enhance coordination between the Department and Indian Tribes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a089b4c6fc740aeab6f4ad0eef4a80a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to strengthen Department consultation with Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1abc90a4051a41678cee2a401a41f060"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify interdepartmental barriers and propose solutions for coordination between the agencies and offices of the Department; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb8ae5e4b3bc42cc9a53b692288fc9ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>advise on strategies for effective implementation of Department programs and policies in Tribal communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id09d144d094374314bf9b3a5656450fb3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><paragraph id="id99456aa5fa844eee90c62e13f30dcb60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall, to the maximum extent practicable, meet in person not less frequently than twice each year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id789a58ab5c48425e91df9f9b9a23ecd0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency representation</header><text>The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall attend each meeting of the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e97c8321ce844dfb6cbeda2e28e3881"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>At least one meeting per year shall be held in person in Indian country.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3cacf06b6ecf4821bbcda7ce698a6d45"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="id92fdc193933742d6895003fb5495f02f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee reports</header><text>Not less frequently than every 2 years, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the relevant committees of Congress a report on—</text><subparagraph id="id7b4facae5ef741aca0237487d3cb9ae1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78fbbfe3d65e4ebe8497ec3cb39d28b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>challenges affecting the government-to-government relationship between the Secretary and Indian Tribes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb973455d8d304e398267be005ad6a15d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative and administrative actions relating to access, coverage, and delivery of services to American Indian and Alaska Natives, related to programs of the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id637d8585e5b24eb6b759e8fd760475cb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency response</header><text>Not later than 45 days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a written response to—</text><subparagraph id="id6de30e03dad4459f96f28a591b920f56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7348b0651c44da5b733d1721051b8c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant committees of Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id843623367b0c40c9a810993146a001f1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph id="id85feda599491494f9e8dd690d2e587ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2fc024afb374a8698f8b2f1a085a744"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the course of carrying out the duties of the Advisory Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc2f283e444cf41b88eb1bfb6f218373e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Support</header><text>The Secretary shall provide technical and logistical support to the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9cfa47ffb047436ca973a053f943fad5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Applicability of FACA</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>), shall not apply to the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id33865ee9575d4e908821f836a2b7dcdc"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id17f529a37c2749bc9b3cdbc27b147d58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The term <term>Committee</term> means the Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee established under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9553f07a956642c4a4eef69728bdef04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided9bd752032745319b83ebc1b1fad8b1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant committees of congress</header><text>The term <term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id9025871e6a524c76ac73c41e89c1df04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd5473f9ddee46efa54734a2e163d14b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1c39d90e31446d98ebf19bba74fd2cc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id124f86bad5354e1b9803206cc923b3df"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="iddbb5649dea324b78a9f9632f9762745a"><enum>306.</enum><header>Community mental health services grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 1918 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x-7">42 U.S.C. 300x–7</external-xref>) at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07D0F5F860DB4ACF809A317071DF4421"><section id="idba42fc569c964ea8a128a7a861d76fd8"><enum>1918A.</enum><header>Direct grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations</header><subsection id="id3B2E7BBDDF8340CCA1CC6046649144D9" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 1920(a) for the fiscal year for direct grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDE680BC8E26BE491BAEC338595806213D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>In order for an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization to be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), such Indian Tribe or Tribal organization shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31600a11262c4c9b88686392473d4232"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An Indian Tribe or Tribal organization that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds to provide community mental health services for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance, as defined in accordance with section 1912(c).</text></subsection><subsection id="IDE3230597E01744F18D7C33B2941A9D65"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>Indian Tribe</term> and <term>Tribal organization</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id13064af26e7b4a579db438c4e30bc3ec"><enum>307.</enum><header>Substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 1933 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300x-33">42 U.S.C. 300x–33</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4AFB4EBB0104363BFC7AAE46217735E"><section id="id3AFB5EA257E24B72A843C51FD89E8FAD"><enum>1933A.</enum><header>Direct grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations</header><subsection id="idE38B4D8F42C146F2A8C35825B17BC2CF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 1935(a) for the fiscal year for direct grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in accordance with this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDF4B21342DEF4271BB96F5D24636A1F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>In order for an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization to be eligible for a grant under subsection (a), such Indian Tribe or Tribal organization shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id256A8F9CCBFB418D83278C5B1E0B0D4F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An Indian Tribe or Tribal organization that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for planning, carrying out, and evaluating activities to prevent, treat, and provide recovery support services for substance use disorders.</text></subsection><subsection id="idD52C239E6B2E40FE9DCA34D63BB9E76A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>Indian Tribe</term> and <term>Tribal organization</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idc1c16bd79eb24b85b0d0162cda7d66a9"><enum>308.</enum><header>Self-governance demonstration program for behavioral health programs for Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/290dd">42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id62109489b2ec4bc2a05c3dd67e5e2e06" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><section id="id113d249503af4182a4cfb4ce2deefd5b" commented="no"><enum>554.</enum><header>Self-governance demonstration program for behavioral health programs for Indian Tribes</header><subsection id="idd04e4360deb947e69a4bdea1e1f22314"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a demonstration program under which participating Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, or inter-Tribal consortia may assume the administration of certain behavioral health covered programs of the Department of Health and Human Services through self-governance compacts and funding agreements.</text></subsection><subsection id="id35882be23a35401980a80956a2ab27de"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Demonstration duration</header><text>The demonstration program shall operate for a period of 5 years beginning on the date the Secretary executes the first funding agreement under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id106e66729df8458fa00613be9ece477d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection of participating Indian Tribes</header><paragraph id="id0075734629e4440c95f587ef8afe489c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may select not more than 15 Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, or inter-Tribal consortia to administer 1 or more covered programs, services, functions, or activities under this program each year of the demonstration program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e2b308ae96741e6a77ef48020c114a7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to be selected under paragraph (1), an Indian Tribe or inter-Tribal consortium shall—</text><subparagraph id="id76f99669661b40a3801f9ab0b7c98067"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary a request pursuant to a resolution or other official action by—</text><clause id="idd2fd301e8b0e42a2914edf1fa350bc9b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of a request submitted by an Indian Tribe, the governing body of that Indian Tribe;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab3f1cdf18724ffe9aa6edee11c5effb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a request submitted by a Tribal organization, the governing body of each Indian Tribe included in the Tribal organization; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c41d69e8c884ab59d24de265dcbcbd8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a request submitted by an inter-Tribal consortium, the governing body of each Indian Tribe included in that inter-Tribal consortium; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46bed54170004205b4baf6c38cbe6fcd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as of the date of such submission—</text><clause id="id714482d6d7044cbfb0c46de4fbfad256"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be a party to a compact and funding agreement under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and</text></clause><clause id="id42eaccdce61145d3b5b038c3b5e23490"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>satisfy any additional criteria established by the Secretary in consultation with Indian Tribes.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4abdc923f57045e8bfdd233b88e46069"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other authorized Indian Tribe, inter-Tribal consortium, or Tribal organization</header><text>If an Indian Tribe authorizes another Indian Tribe, an inter-Tribal consortium, or a Tribal organization by resolution to plan for or carry out an included program on its behalf under this section, the authorized Indian Tribe, inter-Tribal consortium, or Tribal organization shall have the rights and responsibilities of the authorizing Indian Tribe (except as otherwise provided in the authorizing resolution).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbb25529ae3bb4f36861145e59ca240f4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compacts and funding agreements</header><paragraph id="idc2d65fc74de64ac494cf7e2c5eae6aca"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of selection by the Secretary of a participating Indian Tribe, inter-Tribal consortium, or Tribal organization described in subsection (c)(2), the Secretary shall negotiate and enter into a written compact and funding agreement with the Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium in a manner consistent with Federal trust responsibilities, treaty obligations, and the government-to-government relationships between Indian Tribes and the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd11d70636525435c8978fed46a8d0386"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><subparagraph id="id0829f1b714b64b7a83de63df4f1fbd74"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The contents of a compact and funding agreement entered into or modified under paragraph (1) shall be consistent with the contents required to be in a compact and funding agreement, respectively, under sections 504 and 505 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, except that such contents under this section may include such reasonable modifications as the Secretary and the Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium determine necessary to support Tribal administration of included programs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3294e6ca9d86455ca8ebd775c5c1b7be"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>The provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, requiring a single agency audit report shall apply to a compact and funding agreement under this section, subject to the condition that any additional reporting provisions with respect to the compact and funding agreement shall be subject to negotiation under paragraph (1) between the Indian Tribe and the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc03397dcf10648f2bdd095c7e0bcf701"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id29fdb71bd55342ce8f2650921dc998f3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide funds to the Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium under a self-governance compact or funding agreement entered into under this section for programs included in such self-governance compact or funding agreement in an amount that is equal to the amount such Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium would have been entitled to receive under such programs. Funding shall be subject to a negotiations process, with the minimum amount provided in an amount that is not less than what the Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium would have otherwise received under such programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8af06c65ee94d9ca8d1fbec13c79f79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header><text>At the request of an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium selected under this section, if the Secretary determines the request to be reasonable, the Secretary shall waive any matching requirement that would otherwise apply to the Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium under an included program covered by a compact or funding agreement under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb87474259fe9453f9758defafc239701"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header><text>The Secretary shall implement each provision of this section, and each provision of a compact or funding agreement entered into or modified pursuant to this section, in a manner consistent with title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, except the Secretary may make reasonable modifications—</text><paragraph id="ida20a94a4c06f4371912809f37143c603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to comply with the provisions of this title when the provisions of this title conflict with the provisions of title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id987352355c0e4be08a89f13c2a624e88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent necessary to fulfill the policies described in the declaration of policy in section 3 of title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act relating to Tribal administration of programs, services, functions, or activities (or portions thereof) pursuant to title V of such Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9efb84bf67404b919901542f1faee250"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Waivers</header><paragraph id="id899e36d3caf1490fbe61da7019c1be72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the request of an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium, if the Secretary determines that a waiver would further the declaration of policy under section 3 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Secretary shall grant a waiver of statutory, regulatory, or program requirements to facilitate the ability of an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium to redesign or consolidate included programs or reallocate funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcab2063e8b7547348a9a4f368b6820b7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>The Secretary shall document all requests for a waiver under paragraph (1), including a description of—</text><subparagraph id="ida117d852d6d344b5b94319f83dfcd40e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reasons for each request;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89dbb7764c29414ba1ee78044e6a7c89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effect of the waiver on the Indian Tribe, authorized Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium making the request; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd0423c804744fb6ac0e1aae7b4348ba"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the views of the Indian Tribe, authorized Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium regarding the requested waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4c09fddfec0440b9a707dfe256c1b8ef"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disagreement</header><text>Waiver requests shall be subject to the final offer process described in section 507(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc276a5a6b7174f178747cb129703f015"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Other agency statements</header><text>Unless expressly agreed to by an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe, or inter-Tribal consortium in a compact of funding agreement entered into or modified pursuant to this section, an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or inter-Tribal consortium selected under this section shall not be subject to any agency circular, policy, manual, guidance, or regulation.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd7522bb0bc064dbaad80c76821ea9df8" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability of other provisions</header><text>The following provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act shall apply to a compact or funding agreement under this title:</text><paragraph id="iddc8286a5240a4a41878626081246a962" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 102(d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id93a2fd312b5e412da32b3dbffd34f852" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsections (b), (c)(1), (c)(2), (d), (e), and (h) of section 506.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2008bbabd3ad4beab6ce83ddb52e8d9e" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsections (g), (h), and (i) of section 508.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide727a801bae94faca4b76c7bc305776e"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><paragraph id="idd6787fad058d4242a48a10e48a7e7b83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the Office of Tribal Self-Governance of the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide technical assistance to the Secretary and participating Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out this section, including technical assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to conduct evaluations of programs for which such Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations have participated in self-governance under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ecc85ef79e341cbb2bdb145cb1b2ed4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical assistance grants</header><text>The Secretary shall award grants to national organizations with expertise on Tribal self-governance, for purposes of providing technical assistance to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in the negotiation of self-governance compact or funding agreements described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id617f87fbbb1c40f2a7a406828bf8ae5e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><subparagraph id="idcbd4763c210e47219b150266dced363c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated—</text><clause id="id352769ba09564be9a15dd4716d689417" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,000,000 to carry out the technical assistance grants under paragraph (2); and</text></clause><clause id="id73cf02f9a0904bb0a1a4a7e6d64a1e24" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such sums as necessary to provide technical assistance under paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida6a4fa9a5212449d96b0c13ae7524a7e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts made available pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb2741ca9563480baf34892e008e1bbe" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct Tribal consultation before promulgating regulations to carry out this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id49dbf4ca9424484a8cb6e7b8b782146a" commented="no"> <enum>(l)</enum> <header>Reporting</header> <text>The Secretary, in consultation with the participating Indian Tribes and inter-Tribal consortia, shall submit to Congress annual reports on the implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1d29dfc606af45d08258f4d2a1f72523"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id7f14e4b65c914892ba4e7fb6fd09af8a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered program</header><text>The term <term>covered program</term> means any mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment, recovery support, crisis response, suicide prevention, or related behavioral health program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6cc726394a3240819fbb38b21777450c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding agreement</header><text>The term <term>funding agreement</term> means a negotiated agreement between the Secretary and an Indian Tribe or inter-Tribal consortium that specifies the programs, services, functions, and activities to be performed by such Indian Tribe or Tribal organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30d2e9310f5146ba93ca2241ca35a203"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian Tribe, Tribal organization</header><text>The terms <term>Indian Tribe</term> and <term>Tribal organization</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6a9cc1f0efc4c8cbafbd36eda91c817"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inter-Tribal consortium</header><text>The term <term>inter-Tribal consortium</term> has the meaning given the term in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b2babcbe49b43d9a45d6daec6ff697f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Self governance compact</header><text>The term <term>self-governance compact</term> means a negotiated agreement between the Secretary and an Indian Tribe, inter-Tribal consortium, or a Tribal organization authorized by an Indian Tribe that establishes the general terms of the relationship between the Secretary and such Indian Tribe or inter-Tribal consortium.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Environmental Health Protection</header><section id="id5948E42401DC458195D0614E0A3E938B"><enum>401.</enum><header>Native Children's Environmental Health Protection Task Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amended by inserting after section 223 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1621v">25 U.S.C. 1621v</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0397ad36b49c4c52bbdd12db99e616fa"><section id="id4C8943D3F1C347B7A837EAA61A50EF52"><enum>224.</enum><header>Native Children's Environmental Health Protection Task Force</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3BBB729C6BA427EB2905BDD0D2F933B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id892DB4E0DEFD4331B908200A8BC7C562"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Council on Environmental Quality a Native Children's Environmental Health Protection Task Force (referred to in this section as the <term>Task Force</term>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C6652257C584DC3AF3C20F468E32253"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ad7cb79fb8348f3b0d3a56d9862519d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78162A9FB07442F8B91BABB8CAE7A216"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, who shall serve as Chairperson of the Task Force; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id970C093B57FB458DB8780FD6C8BDC120"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 representative from each of—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8BC689C1A4B4EB1A893E8AACA176749"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Service;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88774369F6274240BC97403A23380E2A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80DC83CF42814394BD128F9271B90DDD"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED43FB9386E34180AD2D2BC295E89FEA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of the Interior;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9555751CA0024E6DA37D7FD9E06058C7"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Agriculture;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d297c3e92e64bd0b5cfcca2d086b734"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe7937b5bdf9419d92d3e62787317122"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>the Department of Transportation;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id099D7A329D044419A8507736BE262976"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tribal organizations;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10567ABE77E54019B2175474EB961B1B"><enum>(IX)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal environmental health programs;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CCADBF4CA704273B52E02F827E836D2"><enum>(X)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal health directors; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6be4e3af4a0c41beaf6fe8829ef8b5f3"><enum>(XI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the organization described in section 12(7) of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11711">42 U.S.C. 11711(7)</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id668e634a298e411d91109ff8d96c291e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include a representative of Native youth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf620b8ab115c47d089f12d22fa5516a7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Task Force shall be to serve as a coordinating body to protect the environmental health of Native children through cross-agency collaboration, including by—</text><paragraph id="id026823feed884327a1046023401a6869"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying and addressing environmental health hazards that disproportionately affect Native children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ba06ce2b7494fc68ba5b48dc1030d36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhancing coordination among Federal, State, and Tribal agencies, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations on environmental health issues affecting Native children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e68d0de043d467ca7bcc160b0d701d0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing and implementing culturally appropriate solutions to environmental health challenges in Native communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida88d3104d6004ceeb2d3dba277263cc5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>leveraging resources across Federal, State, and Tribal agencies to maximize impact and efficiency of environmental health programs that serve Native communities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida04fe0fe9e4f4822ae8a4f3e0d709d0a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>strengthening capacity among Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations to address environmental health threats through technical assistance and resource sharing;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8adbe978c4b6479c9cd3987f58b6d507"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensuring environmental health interventions respect Tribal sovereignty and incorporate traditional ecological knowledge;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62db0a786bd4493ebd079344a49c0723"><enum>(7)</enum><text>promoting environmental justice for Native children and their communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id304c8fe3ff434317b3872b1807b14c91"><enum>(8)</enum><text>reducing administrative burdens on Tribal-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving environmental health programs through streamlined processes and integrated systems.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30a2008ffea04c62a4dd9c6d96838f1e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Task Force shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to address environmental health threats to Native children, including dust, mold, sanitation challenges, contaminated lands from mining, industrial wastes, abandoned uranium mines, pesticides from agricultural operations, oil spills, groundwater contamination, wildfire smoke inhalation, and other natural disasters.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id788002F54E014795AD146172FEEC1104"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force shall consult and engage with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, as appropriate, in developing and implementing all protocols and processes under this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5499A4A59A8A4F42962501FA1F477034"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annually, the Task Force shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of this section, including any outcomes and recommendations, as applicable.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id95EE7E8BC0294F87A3F9A9A5B89ABA57" commented="no"><enum>402.</enum><header>Integration of environmental health within primary care</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id926BEBC1B0EA41C8A07F056FE0918B8E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community health representative program</header><text>Section 107 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1616">25 U.S.C. 1616</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25152863ED864EADB8E4CE56C218C79E"><subsection id="id02984DEB7FDB4171BDD013C21067397A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental health training requirements</header><paragraph id="id6D3FC3018673451C8E0BE278B8271469"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that all health professional training programs administered by the Service include mandatory training on—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19ABB6420AB840C891AEC37C19F74CFB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental health assessment protocols specific to Tribal communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C776840DDBA41CABBD3FD2B025CC70D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognition of environmental health issues affecting Native children;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6B467B544DC47A5A4D5704BAEEB9659"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">home environmental assessment procedures and documentation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60D275B37AB54FE39325AC51FAB1EC11"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cultural competency in discussing environmental health concerns with Tribal families; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD40AA041BAB547B59D5216510EA3C576"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integration of traditional ecological knowledge in environmental health assessments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAF7B673A4A3F48B69C36E719D3D545DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall develop the training components described in paragraph (1) in consultation with—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD71A761706474C509B3E14A8FBFCBA68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Division of Environmental Health Services of the Service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39D6571A420248B39CC8579E95F04A4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal environmental health programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c7a2e317bf34a1bb92a35019d458048"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal Epidemiology Centers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BC0F6060756420D864CF68E91111C12"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal health boards; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id101a1c61a4af43569a20510d6a5c1ea3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pediatric environmental health specialty units.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id591A71829C274B10868235E3ECEF6CDB" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive environmental health system</header><text>Title II of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1621">25 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EB321D4328648B18028B615EF5996FA"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1791a639ee71476e96736f6d9765ccf7"><enum>227.</enum><header>Comprehensive health system</header><subsection id="id7FA86218650B41C5BF947F922F9A6355" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Service shall establish a comprehensive environmental health system (referred to in this section as the <term>system</term>) that includes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id531C964DFCB140959C597A9A3EC924BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electronic health record capabilities for—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DB084B7B1BC40B089E870C687DFA077"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standardized environmental exposure history documentation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AA0675F2CF34743BDA78A499DE4CA38"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">automated clinical decision support for environmental health concerns;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49F07B0A76B24110832EC6A1C4382874"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bi-directional data sharing between clinical and environmental health services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCEF40BDD15B4B49B0B3A8763F2A0EE4"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">geographic tracking of environmental health conditions; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD46B01E3F33D4FC6829AC7FD82D3C36A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standardized referral protocols that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20B79B4D25DF41A8B9B95470A664AECB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">connect clinical providers with environmental health services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEDC2E63913E4747A350C73E457AE924"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish response time requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB02E7661DB874FADB47A01636D08C5BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require documented follow-up; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96944019F46C40848B3C74531C7E3AF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include case management when needed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8D20FC877ED4295BCB544081BF26843" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memoranda of agreement</header><text>In implementing the system, the Secretary shall offer to enter into memoranda of agreement with Service units, Tribal environmental programs, and relevant Federal and State agencies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9CFEE4A64BDB4F77A4605B6120A05E48" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annually, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on system implementation, utilization, and outcomes.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf71db5bce0f4eeea624cbbe78dee677"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Improving nutrition programs for Native children, youth, and families</header><section id="id11273d074f1d4e30bdfe63f769ba868a"><enum>501.</enum><header>Tribal pilot programs for SNAP administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8d4da98e03e451780558f0bc5a10634"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="iddcc5fbc04b554f28aab08569d83f5e31"><enum>31.</enum><header>Tribal pilot programs for SNAP administration</header><subsection id="ide65bb45c638848bc995ccd9720712f6e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idcc6ff6e45aee4d84b52d3d5abd355382"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tribal pilot participant</header><text>The term <quote>Tribal pilot participant</quote> means a covered Indian entity (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) or an Indian Tribe that is participating in a pilot program under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd578e63000a3451ab55c4f6e0ad59b63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tribal service population</header><text>The term <term>Tribal service population</term> means households residing within the service area identified by, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcc0a569825f4e5eb53f4fd1ab72f32c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a covered Indian entity (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) under subsection (b)(4)(A)(iii); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8eafa98a7584907bfe3be2879084cb9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe under subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12355bc9c72a46ba8a8f0b841848b3f0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alaska Tribal pilot program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf6ab0284ca04a3eb9ebbcfb83715ae2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of covered Indian entity</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered Indian entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id42c9f2452f6e4189aca8af883d92cf3c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each of the 12 regional nonprofit corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1601">43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b5a2546fbdb4e249480104116df9c13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id026de172e60541bf97ab52b833d9e4d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) under which the Secretary shall award a grant to at least 1 covered Indian entity each fiscal year to administer all or portions of the supplemental nutrition assistance program within the Tribal service area of the covered Indian entity.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a1ea9425f5147a4aa0d76d2c9aa87d0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Grant duration</header><text>The term of a grant awarded under the pilot program shall be 3 years, which may be extended for an additional 3 years, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida59e4c2595e245669fc87d5cda3da583"><enum>(4)</enum><header>3-year plan</header><subparagraph id="idf9e01b2ccd644eeb81fcbc1dd8b3cc6a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered Indian entity seeking a grant under the pilot program shall submit to the Secretary a 3-year plan that—</text><clause id="id44eb036fad6949a3b012a2d9205729d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes how the covered Indian entity will administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program consistent with this Act;</text></clause><clause id="id7defd3b77e954082a1cbfd5729aa50f4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifies whether benefits and administrative functions will be provided directly or through agreements, contracts, compacts, or consortia arrangements;</text></clause><clause id="id804c87d3eb9c439bb20da6db4d33a87f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identifies the Tribal service populations and service areas to be served;</text></clause><clause id="id2ee627d8216443d0ba61ac8e3045f570"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>identifies employment opportunities in or near the service areas and the manner in which the covered Indian entity will cooperate in enhancing those opportunities consistent with applicable Federal standards; and</text></clause><clause id="id600452d78b504cb89b40445eb1533268"><enum>(v)</enum><text>describes financial management, program integrity, accountability, and data security procedures.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b55b234f80d4798a2e699acc643e0a0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall review the plan submitted under subparagraph (A) in accordance with subsection (e).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a492a6861ae4c30a678c561a5019dfd"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receiving a plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve or deny the plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59af4895f32d4c7db9d0a8607a042e43"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amount determined</header><subparagraph id="idd94caa6a2aef4fe482614a439a90730f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a grant awarded to a covered Indian entity under the pilot program shall be the amount attributable to expenditures for Tribal service populations identified under paragraph (3)(A)(iii).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida93f0527d5cf48169d292b24687268de"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of State-submitted data</header><clause id="id1337eeb55c7d461991ffdb0bb30d381f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use data submitted by the State of Alaska to calculate the payment amount under subparagraph (A).</text></clause><clause id="ide43771427dfa4c3d9d35b16eab32a51d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Disagreement with determination</header><text>If a covered Indian entity disagrees with the data described in clause (i), the covered Indian entity may submit additional information to the Secretary for consideration.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b0b40216011453b86aebb61f50f0cdc"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reduction in State administrative payments</header><text>The Secretary shall reduce the Federal administrative payments otherwise payable to the State of Alaska under section 16 by the amount attributable to administrative functions assumed by a covered Indian entity receiving a grant under the pilot program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id29c25b360b2a4b6c860d7a9251c93c2d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lower-48 Tribal pilot program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fc017c609f04584ba25c167b14a1dd9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) under which the Secretary shall award grants to at least 5 Indian Tribes to administer all or portions of the supplemental nutrition assistance program within Tribal service areas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8cfe325f3d34efaa7af457c2a7a3771"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration plan</header><subparagraph id="ide205806a433b49f5b12ac3cfebeb7060"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An Indian Tribe seeking a grant under the pilot program shall submit to the Secretary a plan that—</text><clause id="id3b4a0fc4847b4331a6371a05a5846d1c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describes how the Indian Tribe will administer the supplemental nutrition assistance program consistent with this Act;</text></clause><clause id="idd1ce670272c54dea8416642c32dc1210"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifies whether benefits and administrative functions will be provided directly or through agreements, contracts, or compacts, including agreements with relevant State agencies;</text></clause><clause id="ideed3f507884f48b59552ab816c291daf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identifies the Tribal service populations and service areas to be served;</text></clause><clause id="idf50be70cc0644ffe903cac8ad06937ab"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>describes financial management, program integrity, accountability, and data security procedures; and</text></clause><clause id="id9505feffd3864490b1affa6052aaf348"><enum>(v)</enum><text>identifies employment opportunities in or near the service areas and the manner in which the Indian Tribe will cooperate in enhancing those opportunities consistent with applicable Federal standards.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dee6b39da8f4b2cbb4d31cd07937449"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall review the plan submitted under subparagraph (A) in accordance with subsection (e).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1391dd66a094fda9539caeaf634e517"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receiving a plan under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve or deny the plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id51d6f02ece7f47d4828ef5ad3154f284"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text>Each Indian Tribe participating in the pilot program shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary and the applicable State agency regarding administration, data sharing, eligibility coordination, program integrity, and operational responsibilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd691354a1a12471a8b845d15db3eac82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Phased expansion</header><subparagraph id="id316a550385a3494ca9019e779effe594"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial participation</header><text>For the first fiscal year in which the pilot program is implemented, the Secretary shall select at least 5 Indian Tribes to participate in the pilot program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18a7255464424f13813538113701ed17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional participants</header><text>For each fiscal year following the first fiscal year described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall approve participation in the pilot program of not more than 5 additional Indian Tribes.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb46b462e223a46bd9e30e55b367e6be6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In selecting Indian Tribes to participate in the pilot program, the Secretary shall prioritize geographic diversity, demonstrated administrative capacity, and Tribal communities that have previously worked with States on administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program in those communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc5d7aae4f8f4c9a877d9e616c84ef10"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Direct Federal funding</header><text>The Secretary shall provide funding directly to Indian Tribes participating in the pilot program without requiring pass-through agreements with States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea8da14bcdd7406c94da4840baaab6fc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>In participating in a pilot program under this section, a Tribal pilot participant shall—</text><paragraph id="id416a1020d7ee4b1eafbd5a63911ae803"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to waiver by the Secretary, comply with requirements comparable to requirements applicable to State agencies administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide4c9ec42176c490cb3d17664739f96c5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibit households from receiving duplicative assistance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5c2110bf46cb4f0da2ab84e4b8f2c741"><enum>(3)</enum><text>comply with section 5(f)(1) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5305">25 U.S.C. 5305(f)(1)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31aaeca8846046e094bfb7b53bcd4b1e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>maintain fiscal accountability consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5268deb080dd4a689d4f4d201100cd9d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal administrative capacity</header><paragraph id="id4fec0b02492847849e11c7669324f4ee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In reviewing a plan under subsection (b)(3) or (c)(2), the Secretary shall consider the demonstrated administrative capacity of the Tribal pilot participant, which may include experience administering federally funded Tribal programs, including—</text><subparagraph id="id871cdccaadd14e839ca3d61d80b683b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Tribal family assistance program operated under section 412 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/612">42 U.S.C. 612</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5006d584b0484ad49b61fc8ed3e38542"><enum>(B)</enum><text>programs operated under contracts or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04b5ce85b24241158aa726c042b545d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>employment and training programs under section 6(d)(4);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44896e17a1804fad98b62129794e2944"><enum>(D)</enum><text>programs administered under the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3401">25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcae8c01f63bc47799473aef249eeb0f8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other public assistance, nutrition, workforce development, or social service programs administered by the Tribal pilot participant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc7384ed3a92b42ce8d38b054c16594db"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No additional burdensome requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall not impose on Tribal pilot participants requirements relating to administrative capacity that are more burdensome than requirements applied to States administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f2c9581ced94c33ab3970bb22bf9358"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide funding to a Tribal organization to provide technical assistance, training, and implementation support to Tribal pilot participants to facilitate successful administration of the pilot programs under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6c2940885cd140588290785ceca3c15f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exemptions and State protections</header><paragraph id="idf71c978653224adea00dd7417e9ef697"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exemption from matching fund requirements</header><text>Households within a Tribal service population that is served pursuant to this section shall not be included in calculating under this Act—</text><subparagraph id="idc44fc1a7caae484182bafb08474279d9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any State payment error rate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id735f4c986de6435f8f46aa75bb4b5800"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State matching fund requirement;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89e54beab7b14f69a4b4e0fabce5fc96"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any State financial liability or penalty relating to payment accuracy; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bc29d747d3145c3984c11684ff6b3aa"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any State cost obligation under section 4(a)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id735cae8822be42128ded5715c415e081"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption from administrative cost sharing</header><text>Of the administrative costs incurred by Tribal pilot participants under this section—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f0d4ee7537349968cdd208c47e0c92d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent shall be reimbursed by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id723fee8127cf4a59a4aab1aadf99f179"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0 percent shall be subject to administrative cost-sharing requirements applicable to States under section 16.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id66807023a21c4ff4b31f7ef23ccf568e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Preservation of existing Tribal exemptions</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the application of subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 6(o)(3).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd17fbc693820416987675141c860b834"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No State penalties</header><text>A State shall not be penalized, financially or administratively, based on Tribal service populations that are served pursuant to this section, including with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id6c949432d729481286292cc16d8e2341"><enum>(A)</enum><text>matching fund requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida764e55911ba4ba7944fa6ca4606a8e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>administrative cost-sharing requirements;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00cdffbe36594ea39079d0f677303cdd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>work requirement compliance calculations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c640306844b445f826d8d76735a820a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>payment error rates; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7e9fe97ddfc49aab6384be41b802683"><enum>(E)</enum><text>administrative performance measures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id22ba4bf3094440a9aa62dd0d72ac7771"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall evaluate, and submit to Congress a report on, with respect to the pilot programs carried out under this section—</text><paragraph id="idadc1accd79874a88946fe35d4489a7e3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>participant access and food security outcomes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0714c86f2e254cbeb678ea48f01f1268"><enum>(2)</enum><text>administrative efficiency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84ea39c934a4443f85c51073059d92c7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>payment accuracy and program integrity;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd86ac89bcd1432da3261811ae65af0c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Tribal self-sufficiency outcomes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75d3142a23e248b99af154dbee380acf"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommendations relating to whether those pilot programs should be continued, expanded, modified, or made permanent.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id084c539afa254a7290d039dd95464513" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section diminishes—</text><paragraph id="id9afc8b31c7314c309aa26f30eb583647" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the trust responsibility of the United States to Indian Tribes; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a28a4b3220e4634b20f3290456b6fd4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the sovereign authority of Indian Tribes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id1ec3fc38ae894fd68fe7725ad6531401"><enum>502.</enum><header>Child nutrition programs Tribal pilot projects</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8898aade588244b0b325ba6397583993"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nutrition and health assessment</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id902ad2a51de043d095049e64ee862445"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall conduct a study on the intersection of nutrition programs and health outcomes for Native children in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id132fef30eb134c28b0a927ebac3e1288"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Focus areas</header><text>The study under paragraph (1) shall examine—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94d0b1bf404947ddb37ff42ac12d89b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">health outcomes from Federal nutrition programs in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a5d108e05ee4ef1af853eaeb57321a1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integration of traditional foods in Federal nutrition assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idffea2a69e23941d69c24f019ffc07f39"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">community-level nutrition intervention effectiveness;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2503b7f4c86b4d9bac2073bdc85522ec"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">food sovereignty and community health connections; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc30add9322fc4ed9801b89deb4d8facd"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinated nutrition-health service delivery models.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0649e2550324c2781e822769d46fcc6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>School nutrition</header><paragraph id="H938CE628369A46BFA4817C80D5A505BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Categorical eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(b)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HC1366DE4E6824A2AB2FC76EC2B5D742E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C5A65838C5B42DFB1D871AACEA00074" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F783CC89921487F8D2BBEFC91F347BD" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33069DA127B24914B1378C4D1413B319"><subparagraph id="HDD3F02AA15AF45C0A30489199BFF2FB7" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a child who is an enrolled member, or who has 1 or more parents who are enrolled members, of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H16706D8129624180897A71439F72082D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursement rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(f) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1760">42 U.S.C. 1760(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="HCA9C8BA0AA3D4263812A3B945FA1F56B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> before <quote>the Commonwealth</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AC202210D6F4FFA8E295725632B8605"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and geographic areas that serve Bureau-funded schools (as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>)) and elementary schools and secondary schools (as those terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) on or near an Indian reservation</quote> before <quote>the Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B7D85F694A9402D9F87F563078613F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or area, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>such State</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09C9A90E5AFF4F27BD64E47A335D7C07" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or areas, as applicable,</quote> after <quote>those States</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H742BB2918F584EC395DBC1E4083B6CBA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribally operated meal pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769">42 U.S.C. 1769</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block id="HA54A073AC2C04DDAAB0E2837E90BC3C6" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="H5DF4DF3BDDD643FC9D8961734DDB33C1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tribally operated meal pilot program</header><paragraph id="H22CEE59D668A4C17B3EE745D381EA4EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H647AECD7E15C4EF0ACF92B7FF43F3FC7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered institution</header><text>The term <term>covered institution</term> means—</text><clause commented="no" id="HD406039BB9114E2C9D08CEB337F66396"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Bureau-funded school (as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2021">25 U.S.C. 2021</external-xref>));</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="H5B17085DD5C2420EA30CA46958B88078"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a school (as such term is defined in section 12(d)) on or near an Indian reservation or in a noncontiguous State; and</text></clause><clause id="HC12E62BCB1B74CCD85E88892C183EE17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an early care and education facility, including a facility that participates in a Head Start program authorized under the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7C59C339C164267A2DDB56A6CF3DE07"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><clause id="H27443540A1114A7B8AC69B6A1158C3BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Indian tribe or Tribal organization;</text></clause><clause id="H6534B429AA494DAF9C05FD554B209E02" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a Tribal educational agency;</text></clause><clause id="HF8FE81F4F19747A383E1067F543558AA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a consortium of Indian tribes; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="HCE5D75EC492B4E55BD310B148A226340"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a partnership between—</text><subclause commented="no" id="HDD2DF1D0F6D348FBA5BFC9B3CF5CACE7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an Indian tribe; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2F889C64EF0E4A06A602CC62D195D38F"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2D00623E16F44C74AA3579E295B32F73"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a State educational agency;</text></item><item commented="no" id="H72DF413EF4AF432AB66BFF630A829258" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>a local educational agency;</text></item><item commented="no" indent="up1" id="H65707F1EF20C425A852700A02E3CC0D6"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a tribal educational agency; or</text></item><item commented="no" indent="up1" id="H5170412253BE4367A6311B87D6DF501B"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the Bureau of Indian Education.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEDC1D7D1AD1B4C288E2DC32FFC728EC8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFFC3FAC7FC984F7AA264CD2BCD39FCA2"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the pilot program established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H86DC7EFEBC6E4401BD645DCDA0E6F695"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Tribal educational agency</header><text>The term <term>tribal educational agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6132(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7452">20 U.S.C. 7452(b)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC04E7C549596428983B3CEC3541E5BCB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to award grants to 10 eligible entities to operate and implement in covered institutions 1 or more of the following programs:</text><subparagraph id="HEFEA8EB868E34759A4CC4411FA674837"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The school lunch program authorized under this Act.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1622BC1780AE440ABC73871E529ACFF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The summer food service program for children established under section 13.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76F8870091464A9986A3679DF44CD492"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The child and adult care food program established under section 17.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1436030C07A04184AA2073DC3D91D915"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0870026BF7A74393AB4A27D8D5ACEDCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms of grant</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC6BF3712B5D24053B7C2EE8D3192EF5D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The amount of a grant awarded to an eligible entity under the program shall be negotiated with the eligible entity, but shall be not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H696ECB851468441CB528662D9AEEFD05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Period</header><text>A grant awarded to an eligible entity under the program shall be available for a period of 2 years after the date on which the grant is received by the eligible entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18534A4EE2AE42A1922E278F8A572AA2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under the program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0FCDD3BED63490EAE55158F59B50C70"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Criteria for selection</header><text>In selecting eligible entities to receive grants under the program, the Secretary shall select eligible entities that—</text><subparagraph id="H514C95EB59584C67A71D1C96356FF490"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are located in diverse geographic areas; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64B6FDD537824C84A4D8FDB304FFC797"><enum>(B)</enum><text>serve Indian tribes of varying population size.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAD983E332AD40629A90CA260DDA724D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reimbursements</header><subparagraph id="H5DD5984F08DF4E05913FF41C442D4164"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible entity that receives a grant under the program to operate and implement a program described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2) shall—</text><clause id="H41C8695070644C27B0E7240B13E30346"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the program described in subparagraph (A) of that paragraph, be reimbursed under that program as if the eligible entity were a State described in section 12(f);</text></clause><clause id="H9DD826FBFED841658B531D16CD990920"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the program described in subparagraph (B) of that paragraph, be reimbursed under that program as if the eligible entity were a State under section 13;</text></clause><clause id="H9055268DE4A044C99F9A3F219E6D8DBF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the program described in subparagraph (C) of that paragraph, be reimbursed under that program as if the eligible entity were a State under section 17; and</text></clause><clause id="H4DE855AC83D041DBB3C2E8F4DE1280DC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of the program described in subparagraph (D) of that paragraph, shall be reimbursed under that program as if the eligible entity were a State educational agency.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6330EBB2B94546FEA1FDEB1AE6F558C7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative funds</header><text>An eligible entity that receives a grant under the program shall receive administrative funds at a rate that is consistent with the amount received by a State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1776">42 U.S.C. 1776</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3568dbd9797e4354b6b2fee9d7604515"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The program shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date on which the program is established.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442133a0267e48e9b66b12ce0c02255c"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title>, the Secretary shall evaluate, and submit to Congress a report on, with respect to the program—</text><subparagraph id="ide11539131aa6428687efb1870c4b9642"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participant access, food security, and nutrition outcomes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3828da35638f4347a78c5c09d62aea86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the incorporation of traditional, locally sourced, and culturally appropriate foods;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idffb98ae8d8384698b1326806116c198d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Tribal capacity, administrative efficiency, and program implementation outcomes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd7cfc1f08dd4d4fa1eb17a9f9261a15"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations relating to whether the program should be continued, expanded, modified, or made permanent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Addressing Homelessness in Native Communities</header><section id="id949DD7A7DF0C4B7B9D8653BF94FF9397"><enum>601.</enum><header>Program for housing assistance for homeless American Indians and Alaska Natives</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaba54181446d4d6ba7fff3b1ed51b2f0"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4211">25 U.S.C. 4211 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="ida02805403c7041a5ad545c0c826ee9a6">
<section id="ida5d98eab65ed469890ee35dc468f94ad">
<enum>706.</enum>
<header>Program for housing assistance for homeless American Indians and
Alaska Natives</header>
<subsection id="id07E5ADDBF5654216BCF90C5C23511A4F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="ide8708a39d26a44fa816ac247c0c15929"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>American Indians and Alaska Natives</header> <text>The term <term>American Indians and Alaska Natives</term> means individuals who are regarded as American Indian or Alaska Native by the Indian or Alaska Native community in which the individual lives, as evidenced by tribal membership, enrollment, eligibility for enrollment, active participation in tribal affairs, or other indicia of community affiliation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id7012bd4f661e48d489129f82a00e3af4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Domestic violence</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>domestic violence</term> has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0c7e729148114b76bc7cc27d3de2c648">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives</term> means American Indians and Alaska Natives who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, as defined by the Indian tribe.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id02cae5a940fd4fecbdb9115d8af27913">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Eligible recipient</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible recipient</term> means an Indian tribe, or a tribally designated housing entity or tribal organization designated by such Indian tribe to apply for a grant on its behalf under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idb9067c9e2715451cabefbdb345d76f59">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Homeless youth</header>
<text>The term <term>homeless youth</term> has the meaning given the term in section 387 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/11279">34 U.S.C. 11279</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="idac4c2027917f4c7bb692a94c22f9204d">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>Program</term> means the program established under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id6288f27d009242829e32c19e526c2f58">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Secretary of Health and Human Services</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary of Health and Human Services</term> means the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="id77a0b781e21e4fe692c0431f6db1fe84">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="id6a50b7e63a324ada8d6dbb8d0be4f767">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish and administer a grant program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing services to be known as the <quote>Tribal Homeless Housing Assistance Grant Program</quote> for American Indians and Alaska Natives who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddfb1c8ddb89e4c438364a39c73788da2" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of this section is to establish a supportive housing competitive grant program that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idc283f49ace86489aaeb89fc3147821f1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides rental assistance for American Indians and Alaska Natives who are homeless or at risk of homelessness;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id99141fb258004b8d9285399c1c6239b3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrates supportive services and case management;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="ida6998ce245a14220b6ee91aa6e13c5b9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritizes homeless youth, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id90a85f47a3c04bd290746805becdf8d0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthens tribal self-determination in housing administration; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idc93e6ffb2f084feea953d4ac2d7ecfb1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces and prevents homelessness in tribal communities and Native populations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4b15927dd71b443e9e8e2186fb1dd031">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Management</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall administer the Program in a manner similar to the program under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)</external-xref>) and the demonstration program established under paragraph (5) under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="appropriations" >Tenant-based rental assistance</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="appropriations">Public and Indian Housing</header-in-text></quote> in title II of division K of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 2732), in accordance with the regulations promulgated to carry out those programs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="idddec9c74405047ab91dd1053752d89b6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available for grants under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360">42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.</external-xref>) each fiscal year, the Secretary may make available not more than 5 percent to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="id8e3dc6401f2f4b0a902433e05cc0e486">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall consult with eligible recipients to ensure effective delivery of grants under the Program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="id4d6c5576e888489190f3b91db9e04d99">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>Each eligible recipient applying for a grant under the Program shall submit to the Secretary an application that describes how the eligible recipient will provide 2 years of mandatory case management services to eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives under the Program, including in partnership with other qualified organizations or the Indian Health Service, when appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="id5e9bb16f7b8f40c3bcf1e3af02d6026e">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="ide2d40b2df828461eb24e82581f560332">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Supportive services</header>
<subparagraph id="id336c35c784b74f6488e0835fefd44a54">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An eligible recipient receiving a grant under the Program—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id52b284366dde4492a04e88b1e83d5eee">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use the grant to provide supportive services to eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idfd2e92ba10d64e24a46e8ae3ba8c92d2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall determine the supportive services that are necessary and appropriate to prevent or end homelessness, reducing housing instability, preserving family unity where housing instability is a contributing factor, or promote long-term housing stability.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc437e9a4b4434d9b9549384020e8a21b">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Tribal flexibility</header>
<text>An eligible recipient receiving a grant under the Program shall determine the nature, scope, and delivery of supportive services described in subparagraph (A), which may include services to address behavioral health needs, substance use disorders, transportation barriers, employment and education needs, child welfare involvement, domestic violence, or other barriers to housing stability identified by the eligible recipient.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id46b42653c62743b6ae1ebd44bc668818">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Deference to tribal determination</header>
<text>The Secretary—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d5cdc8f62a54809a6e543ac27555bda"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall defer to the determination of an eligible recipient regarding the design, scope, and delivery of supportive services under subparagraph (B), including culturally appropriate and traditional services identified by the eligible recipient; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id54308982829244039c5e0497511960f7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not require a showing that a specific service category is authorized under any other Federal housing or homeless assistance program, provided that the eligible recipient determines and documents that the services are reasonably related to the housing stability for eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB2BF7DCD7D494AEDA5D1FD6BC5063077">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text>An eligible recipient that receives a grant under the Program shall prioritize providing assistance to homeless youth, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="idc7ba29fed18f493d96dcbaea8fa3e52b">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Funding criteria</header>
<text>Grants awarded under the Program shall be based on need, administrative capacity, service of homeless youth, families with children and survivors of domestic violence, and other criteria established by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and eligible recipients.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="iddb051b10c8674f1e932e75294188c0f7">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Administration and waiver authority</header>
<text>The Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of funds made available under the Program (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, and labor standards), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such assistance.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="idef027781070a4b82963e38d10b588d52">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Renewal grants</header>
<text>The Secretary may set aside amounts made available under subsection (b)(4) for renewal grants under the Program and define renewal criteria, including data reporting.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="idd9beaec8034445bc8fa97e8a72d57aac">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Study on barriers to implementation</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title>, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall review and submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the Program, including any recommendations to improve the Program and its implementation.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
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</quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id2f0e617fef7e4154bd7ec74481838afe">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/330">Public Law 104–330</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 4016) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 705 the following:</text>
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id="idfd9e9b8bbbca42bc9194af7b64f2dc8c">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section" bold="off">706. Program for housing
assistance for homeless American Indians and Alaska
Natives.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id11c94009123948c49854107ee90d0478"><enum>602.</enum><header>Program for housing assistance for homeless Native Hawaiians</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4221">25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide367d6e18d604290bbb0dbc0127bd003"><section id="idb545cb068b2d486fb819462a42d5c029"><enum>825.</enum><header>Program for housing assistance for homeless Native Hawaiians</header><subsection id="id0fe217db97f74585a11a19bcba6cb399"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id613704ae0a084df28e6c8873067d9706"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Domestic violence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>domestic violence</term> has the meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/12291">34 U.S.C. 12291(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec9732af4b5840109d2bb3cabb373801"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible Native Hawaiian</header><text>The term <term>eligible Native Hawaiian</term> means a Native Hawaiian who is homeless or at risk of homelessness, as defined in sections 103 and 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11302">42 U.S.C. 11302</external-xref>, 11360).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9f2bb56595740289b4b81fcd0c7ca5b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible recipient</header><text>The term <term>eligible recipient</term> means the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, a Native Hawaiian Organization, or a Native Hawaiian community-based organization.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0da3c6de08624cdd82e9e5a301848e9b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Homeless youth</header><text>The term <term>homeless youth</term> has the meaning given the term in section 387 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/34/11279">34 U.S.C. 11279</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide10fa8b4d6be43e6803a2c6a1d86130e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian organization; Native Hawaiian community-based organization</header><text>The terms <term>Native Hawaiian organization</term> and <term>Native Hawaiian community-based organization</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb31356031ed04ae0bd8cd52f01768485"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d608b4217184ce88f5a5c80e69f4308"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Secretary of the Interior</header><text>The term <term>Secretary of the Interior</term> means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1b41e588c2ff43bbaf60e0614e461b38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id1911728af2a2461eb6da2e9b974198a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish and administer a grant program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing services for Native Hawaiians who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, to be known as the <quote>Native Hawaiian Homeless Housing Assistance Grant Program</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7c3c0f2d3034d3783689f8ef345a8fa" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish a supportive housing competitive grant program that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61914c1d44c54980967fa93899aca78a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides rental assistance for Native Hawaiians who are homeless or at risk of homelessness;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0df77dbb3df444e3824b32f8e595606a"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrates supportive services and case management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideff923f9ecac49f3b9515452ab2a9338"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritizes homeless youth, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id080b7c3b5caf4e739844c065c617fd0f"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthens Native Hawaiian self-determination in housing administration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34d00b4c2362465cbaaae00b85c7ebd6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces and prevents homelessness in Native Hawaiian populations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4aeb3311f20744a9b0204efa4ea53538"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall administer the Program in a manner similar to the program under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)</external-xref>) and the demonstration program established under paragraph (5) under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="appropriations">Tenant-based rental assistance</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="appropriations">Public and Indian Housing</header-in-text></quote> in title II of division K of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/235">Public Law 113–235</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 2732), in accordance with the regulations promulgated to carry out those programs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ee96221c48f4bdcae992532f4436b0e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Of the amounts made available for grants under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360">42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.</external-xref>) each fiscal year, the Secretary may make available not more than 0.2 percent of such amounts to carry out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id55e1a5ef26e44b6ab155d3e16a98cab8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall consult with eligible recipients to ensure effective delivery of grants under the Program.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1e0b3b012d7549f5ab998c7f582eb267"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each eligible recipient applying for a grant under the Program shall submit to the Secretary an application that describes how the eligible recipient will provide 2 years of mandatory case management services to eligible Native Hawaiians under the Program, including in partnership with other qualified organizations, when appropriate.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9f150c239b7c484b920491174cafcc9b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><paragraph id="idd43a4baf76574afd844562ea18c48d70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Supportive services</header><subparagraph id="id453fa943f4404ac9b4e56163f98e20d3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible recipient receiving a grant under the Program—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b7baec798fd4ff598f788e5b8dedb19"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use the grant to provide supportive services to eligible Native Hawaiians; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cf6d2ae41a3475983d423db6b6ac301"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall determine the supportive services that are necessary and appropriate to prevent or end homelessness, reducing housing instability, preserving family unity where housing instability is a contributing factor, or promote long-term housing stability.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6f1c018d080456cb8f3de7b99305097"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>An eligible recipient receiving a grant under the Program shall determine the nature, scope, and delivery of supportive services described in subparagraph (A), which may include services to address behavioral health needs, substance use disorders, transportation barriers, employment and education needs, child welfare involvement, domestic violence, or other barriers to housing stability identified by the eligible recipient.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58a88b158c0c4254b01956e1112d7e8b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deference to Native Hawaiian determination</header><text>The Secretary—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddae97fdd38584da58d16baaab497bef3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall defer to the determination of an eligible recipient regarding the design, scope, and delivery of supportive services under subparagraph (B), including culturally appropriate and traditional services identified by the eligible recipient; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a209a4afb724279b10b9784f4bef65a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not require a showing that a specific service category is authorized under any other Federal housing or homeless assistance program, provided that the eligible recipient determines and documents that the services are reasonably related to the housing stability for eligible Native Hawaiians.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8999e6a2924e486f8ff9065c4aa298b0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>An eligible recipient that receives a grant under the Program shall prioritize providing assistance to homeless youth, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbc95de389c9f412ea875f9481e8fb39e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding criteria</header><text>Grants awarded under the Program shall be based on need, administrative capacity, service of homeless youth, families with children, and survivors of domestic violence, and other criteria established by the Secretary, in consultation with the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations in the Department of the Interior and eligible recipients.</text></subsection><subsection id="id09f1f2bdc79244829200015b985bb10d"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration and waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5eb07c7545fb42a28215eec2f155d5e6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of funds made available under the Program (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such assistance; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd908cab79a0a43889e9e0ab7e148d98b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by regulation provide for the release of funds for specific projects to eligible recipients under this section if the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands assumes all of the responsibilities for environmental review, decisionmaking, and action pursuant to section 806(a)(1)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38e51c52d7d142eda059f7f48786b176"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Renewal grants</header><text>The Secretary may set aside amounts made available under subsection (b)(4) for renewal grants under the Program and define renewal criteria, including data reporting.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7c073b2f92614d1ab79d5bb841dea98c"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Study on barriers to implementation</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall review and submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the Program, including any recommendations to improve the Program and its implementation.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id408478678D0947E09F4837994DAE2240" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Tribal Continuum of Care Participation Grant Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id542afc6c02634e1cbc4f3dace034ce2c"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4211">25 U.S.C. 4211 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 601 of this title, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id706e9be57bc845298072b0c08251e974">
<section id="idf076dcd05dad44cbbb82caa973d79e56">
<enum>707.</enum>
<header>Tribal Continuum of Care Participation Grant Program</header>
<subsection id="id80d15c6a397f41b8974f50b0b311e6d8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id678a57a2267e47dfbc13712124e56c90"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>Eligible entity</header> <text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means an Indian tribe and a tribally designated housing entity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idbce18ec19a984a2d85f62c1491174d4b">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>Program</term> means the program established under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="ideb7e204c5c1a4f8ca6ae097b4f3ba697">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="idff1507c8b93b4a6a9984f00ca7b00736">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish and administer a grant program, to be known as the <quote>Tribal Continuum of Care Participation Grant Program</quote>, to provide competitive grants to eligible entities for participating in a continuum of care program under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>), either as a collaborative applicant or as a project applicant through a local continuum of care competition.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id476431b4de0d4ed6a2ec76fa797b7d80" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The purpose of the Program is to ensure dedicated funding is available to eligible entities working to address homelessness and housing instability affecting Indian tribes and Tribal communities through participation in the continuum of care program under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>), including as a collaborative applicant or as a project applicant within a continuum of care.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id396b248ce5d845bd86d9ee661b1bbfd4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id30f07489e9ec4095a4d5a5e4a7d9f74c">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
general</header>
<text>Of the amounts made available for competitive grants under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>) each fiscal year, $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idab047745676a432996a4ddc20c31bde0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Hold harmless</header>
<text>Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) shall only be available for a fiscal year in which the total amount appropriated for competitive grants under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>) exceeds the amount appropriated for such grants for fiscal year 2026.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="idb87f4744a37b48138b4c4499f4292921">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not reserve amounts under subparagraph (A) if doing so would reduce the amount available for competitive grants under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>) below the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2026.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0ee953d6272c449bb1079038b7e31dbc">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Administrative costs</header>
<text>An eligible entity may use not more than 10 percent of grant amounts received under the Program for administrative costs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="idf67949ac69b8448a9eaab966ae4f0541">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12706">42 U.S.C. 12706</external-xref>), with respect to applications for projects to be carried out on reservations or trust land using grants awarded under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id39fbcf2727bf492f9f34c8727c939bfd">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the applications shall contain a certification that the applicant consulted with each recipient required to submit an Indian housing plan developed under section 102 of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id371338ed19b44faeb152f0ca7f2a22a7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or trust land from such funds shall certify that they have consulted with the recipients required to submit an Indian housing plan developed under section 102 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="id252eb4036b1f483d81548145ad2583c0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Consolidated plan exemption</header>
<text>A collaborative applicant for a Continuum of Care whose geographic area includes reservation or trust land is not required to meet the requirement described in section 402(f)(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360a">42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(2)</external-xref>) in order to be eligible for assistance under the Continuum of Care program under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360">42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="idee6aeeffa0454261ae6370119e6d1871">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Waiver authority for Tribal participation</header>
<text>In administering the amounts made available under this section, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these amounts (except for requirements related to labor standards and the environment), if the Secretary finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="id4fdedeb9269743f2b92dce8c9994c3f0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>good cause exists for the waiver or alternative requirement; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2e69a0039df64d11a3a935ff1a337d61">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to modify any requirements preventing the participation of eligible entities in the Continuum of Care Program under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11381">42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.</external-xref>) or would expedite or facilitate the use of funds.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
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</quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="ida1f27f4880404f7ca21a2ef863adc651">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/330">Public Law 104–330</external-xref>; 110 Stat. 4016) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 706, as added by section 701 of this title, the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id9e767d906ff54baea032ea40aff30da9">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section" bold="off">707. Tribal Continuum of Care
Participation Grant Program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57612f32ac93435484790a189f9793aa"><enum>604.</enum><header>Improving Tribal participation in the Continuum of Care Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360">42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9966c0f70a6d40ef922bee8b86c489eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 401 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11360">42 U.S.C. 11360</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="id2d3aea47e4dd499abd37b73ccdc3cff8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (32) through (35) as paragraphs (33) through (36) respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id599222bda7784341935656ff0bd2aa9b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (31) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id041b723f8ae84daeb084b9a04dc58f1a"><paragraph id="idb3a5425aed0f41d28e8d93aa0b4a8c79"><enum>(32)</enum><header>Tribally designated housing entity</header><text>The term <term>tribally designated housing entity</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4258e69e5828466e93021834e262f3d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 423(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11383">42 U.S.C. 11383(g)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>Indian tribe, tribally designated housing entity,</quote> after <quote>private nonprofit organization,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84bf8bbb6f714a3489aed7486bbf3890"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 435 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11389">42 U.S.C. 11389</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="iddf607edb33fc4a8faa313d82c8e63c26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Eligible entities</header-in-text>.—Notwithstanding</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b598df87d93402fb236117e46855308"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as so designated, by striking <quote>(as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>))</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49660af9d40d4ad5b9b863a80c1f620c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2c2c3c6bd2a42d0a46d73466cf419ab"><subsection id="idb57e905905b94d418703db7e8f75e590"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil rights exemptions</header><paragraph id="id14bc53d56ce74d9db5954a3daebb62d5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="id02d040cd95af442f97fd0ed74e64ba21"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Formula area</header><text>The term <term>formula area</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1000.302 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2fdd9ace61274f438aca7a5eac483738"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tribal project</header><text>The term <term>Tribal project</term> means a project in which amounts provided under this Act shall be used specifically to benefit Tribal communities or Tribal members.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id36adedd10ab4425ab6ab66a7da8b4327"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemptions</header><text>With respect to grants awarded to carry out eligible activities under this subtitle, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000d">42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.</external-xref>) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3601">42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not apply to applications or awards for—</text><subparagraph id="idbb6f06ad9850452d9ef4ee8b88eaeff2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>projects to be carried out—</text><clause id="id5e2ef11dcf1a4fc1bc77efcdcd804b9f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on or off reservation or trust lands for awards made to Indian Tribes or tribally designated housing entities; or</text></clause><clause id="id8cef48b90b5147a488bb92e571f5f29c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on reservation or trust lands for awards made to eligible entities; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id471039200a664ca5876bc847f14a77eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Tribal projects located in Indian Housing Block Grant formula areas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7d9b29638de64b029effc76b753d7b2e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12706">42 U.S.C. 12706</external-xref>) and section 403 of this Act, with respect to applications for projects to be carried out on reservations or trust land using grants awarded under this subtitle—</text><paragraph id="id34e5a0ab020b499eb649e89522ab32b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the applications shall contain a certification of consistency with an approved Indian housing plan developed under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4112">25 U.S.C. 4112</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f29e79f327d4e7d8ad41cbc0dfce7a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or trust land from such funds shall certify that they are following an approved housing plan developed under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4112">25 U.S.C. 4112</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf9ae2bc24c9c4f00a3f4aa24479e00f1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consolidated plan exemption</header><text>A collaborative applicant for a continuum of care whose geographic area includes only reservation or trust land is not required to meet the requirement described in section 402(f)(2).</text></subsection><subsection id="id1b3c326bf405413a97cc713c4633016f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver authority for tribal participation</header><text>In administering the amounts made available under this subtitle, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these amounts (except for requirements related to labor standards and the environment), if the Secretary finds that—</text><paragraph id="id4e15b36225114053aa6b7cc311699b0f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>good cause exists for the waiver or alternative requirement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbbe19cf27bfd4ee1b786ad8b2c7379e0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such waiver or alternative requirement—</text><subparagraph id="id26448a561ea943f89b404468eb838109"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is necessary to modify any requirements preventing the participation of Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities in the program under this subtitle; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6132bf9c06f446f5a4886b2763e803d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would expedite or facilitate the use of funds.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id041edc2c71c947078c2363675659482d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Environmental review</header><text>Projects under this title shall be treated as assistance for special projects that are subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3547">42 U.S.C. 3547</external-xref>), and subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section, and with respect to projects under this title, an Indian tribe shall be considered a State for purposes of section 305(c) of such Act.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Improving the Workforce for Families</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6db6cb4df8644e828ceb4a87e3a0d9da"><enum>701.</enum><header>Strengthening the 477 Initiative</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6aa00a10aa44552afe23264bb8a090a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of purpose</header><text>Section 2 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3401">25 U.S.C. 3401</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad2f63b02a63496e8e6fb60b56700aaf"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d4d3355bf224b6c94f33538cbe2a64d"><enum>2.</enum><header>Statement of purpose</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff024ca3a8ec4d959abba646cd67b40a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The purpose of this Act (commonly known and referred to in this section as the <term>477 Initiative</term>) is to support the self-sufficiency of Native people, better deliver on the trust and treaty obligations of the United States, and remove impediments to the exercise of sovereignty by Indian tribes in their use of Federal funds.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e12453c33514704bb313546cc52c95c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Accomplishing purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 477 Initiative accomplishes the purpose of this Act described in subsection (a) by facilitating the ability of Indian tribes to integrate the self-sufficiency, employment, training, and related services provided by Indian tribes from various Federal sources in order to improve the effectiveness of those services, increase self-sufficiency and reduce joblessness in Indian communities, and serve Tribally determined goals consistent with the policy of self-determination, while reducing administrative, reporting, and accounting costs.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6f5b26705e64d409b5fe8d0d056ab95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Integration of services authorized</header><text>Section 4 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3403">25 U.S.C. 3403</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19acb14fc13246f1b16055766563105e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, including</quote> before <quote>in accordance with</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61a683e859f7470dbd4be7eaf8f65487"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>services (including those supporting self-sufficiency)</quote> before <quote>employment</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd39a7152cfa241a390626770b7436b63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Programs affected</header><text>Section 5 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3404">25 U.S.C. 3404</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1b5fe05652a4f229def6407d8a76ac6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida26d70b01a5b47169fb9c69e4ce5f7a6"><subsection id="HB072963B9D64498D9B4CDD733CEE65FB" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The programs that may be integrated pursuant to a plan approved under section 8 shall only be programs that meet the following program eligibility criteria:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3baf6188f4bb4962b149781f3e203d38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text>The Federal agency providing program funds to be used to implement the plan shall be 1 of the following covered Federal agencies:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9174a52be2624fba81a3b53c51a8f059"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Department of Agriculture.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9e9e7445fbe4033ac3fe2ed524f4584"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Department of Commerce.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93e5ced72fd74a80a26b8679cab9103a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Department of Education.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4cc1d84ea3f643ccac19892d0171d5ce"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Department of Energy.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13b41e7f877d4c5d8578226f8cfe7181"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Department of Health and Human Services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02ba6ff493d04fddb3db820e6336dea2"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Homeland Security.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id292d15a08aea4607807ca35a880055cb"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2b4824c69b8473f9981ef8c5b0024a9"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The Department of the Interior.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f3002eacff24204b7d433aa9fce326d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Department of Justice.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0650ee19bd14fc384e07fcdf6d22eab"><enum>(J)</enum><text>The Department of Labor.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9927e4d302f417c9d2b7c18cd5162f5"><enum>(K)</enum><text>The Department of Transportation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ae365cb6e9f4e218828f7324041e932"><enum>(L)</enum><text>The Department of Veterans Affairs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4dcda7cbc21a48c7a268561ca6c723c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program purpose</header><text>The program shall be implemented for 1 of the following covered purposes:</text><subparagraph id="H2D27D34E294B41799B386C5644F86AE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Encouraging self-sufficiency.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A7959AC7B5B4B9791991EAB7D418513"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Job training.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DF58C4F8FBB48DCACA84BDBE2CDDAA5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Welfare-to-work and Tribal work experience.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FA5E1936DDB4F099DC39BA3B76A801C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Creating or enhancing employment opportunities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FE4CB6F580341A08E58BEC375199DA1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Skill development.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15D7CD70EC1642C393F8D4EA57B4353A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Assisting Indian youth and adults to succeed in the workforce.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H270E3CE2E07F4C0F9142E2B14C957A72"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Familiarizing individual participants with the world of work.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E58FA96FE0D4064812D6AB1974E2EFD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Facilitating the creation of job opportunities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H929585A04A3244E5BEBACBC258A9361C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Economic development.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AF73CA2F7A84F7F9924FF84A8DECEEB"> <enum>(J)</enum> <text>Any other purpose relating to the purposes described in subparagraphs (A) through (I), including programs and services that foster economic security, stability, or well-being for families, children, or youth.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae7e4ff2f44843a19a5d65d0f68ca3f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The program shall receive a covered type of funding, which may include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca9a24083576499d87c501d9c93f4856"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funding that an Indian tribe or members of an Indian tribe—</text><clause id="HE2B38782CB98476FB0B2E9A900830947"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are eligible to receive—</text><subclause id="H4F438BC714E54E289B0FA61CD3F4CDA0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>under a statutory or administrative formula making funds available to an Indian tribe; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H75711E82325A43F58F6FE7205E83E639"><enum>(II)</enum><text>based solely or in part on their status as Indians under Federal law; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HC63207E154FD41AD8E043C67090D5D7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have secured as a result of a noncompetitive process or a specific designation; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1725e2d3a954c9e9ec76785b88104e0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funding from block grant funds provided to an Indian tribe, regardless of whether the block grant is for the benefit of the Indian tribe because of the status of the Indian tribe or the status of the beneficiaries the grant serves.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b60afa2be3d49c2a8b31b8f873958fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>self-sufficiency,</quote> before <quote>employment</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id037a4b0b8276425a944f4f83d38c5077"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan requirements</header><text>Section 6 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3405">25 U.S.C. 3405</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb393ec3e85f472abb4c5dd769e3ce8c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and set the eligibility of</quote> after <quote>identity</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id915019f460df4b71a7e36af89b3077aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ebcc9c74ff9445ca6c87cb8adb7dba5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>education, training, and related</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc637d88ae5c1451aa258f83de341efb5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>achieve self-sufficiency, including to</quote> after <quote>Indians to</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b4e65aabc214f03b0ffcd75c80fe215"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan review</header><text>Section 7 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3406">25 U.S.C. 3406</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id305e1762903f4eeba3c078a1e7744a90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cb26265ca364e23863b9093b55fb3ea"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06e4dc02cb7046479c85eef2683538ab"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>promulgated by the agency</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8816d91a952a473aaab32ce381e912bf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44678a85161a4057baae489b9b88e58a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd7490c945d64ffb8142301f85d756ea"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>with—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>or</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>with the purpose of this Act.</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd110329398c64679ad7425ed1b232f9c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d19a6fa98754488aefd7016d2116d76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02f19e7fffaf4cefb472fa0cc9bce491"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>waiver—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>or</quote> in paragraph (1) and inserting <quote>waiver will be inconsistent with the purpose of this Act.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id629aa12e65284daf88fa5971d6dda6e6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9022456e05b34eda8f52d647a4b6e3ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>provisions of this Act</quote> and all that follows through <quote>under this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>purpose of this Act</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id69ce34982ede4e1a85ecd127a420f083"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Plan approval; secretarial authority; review of decision</header><text>Section 8 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Agencies Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3407">25 U.S.C. 3407</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide397b706dadc4c7e90cf31839704ba51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33862f50ab374861b0b625bcde81d9d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and exercise</quote> after <quote>shall have</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda9c1d3fd638419e8208982a48c1d264"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>, including each program requested for integration into a plan,</quote> after <quote>a plan</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86e7267935e0495c90f91365d3d9fab1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideadd1121a8d24be9a400f8b3a7b23e34"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>in whole or in part</quote> before the period at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcf7ed6b06204812a87469b24fa254db"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94edf175c1d6402fac6d30b8d590f3b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>in whole or in part</quote> after <quote>approves a plan</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4880d6c1098c4ac4bfba1cf1ad1c1993"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>approved part of the</quote> after <quote>identified in the</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82b1116020bd418a9440cb8588d6331f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>in whole or in part</quote> after <quote>denies the plan</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5430f9f22cb446fcbda1fd2b84461a43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting <quote>, without waiver decision,</quote> after <quote>grant partial approval</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff795083370a475b8ed6e0ebd68d2821"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id216a98d5c91d4008b9a1fcd3286d412a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any other</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdb5195fb1e34080aeebc0c7561644eb"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4edb0094c3ab4ff688dfab7b0dbdc21e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef1e1ec87efe4b4b943aa754de3e9383"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14cec1de924241b29712556913a4921f"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd72351fed97144568f42db3af059cef5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For each plan submitted by an Indian tribe in accordance with section 6, the Secretary may only provide 1 extension or alteration under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf53a30a62b3940eaa200f7a305ff791e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a19c4910fc647aeb030999800aa2d74"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bcccd51fd304cda96d3cd7e372ad452"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>in whole or in part</quote> after <quote>denies a plan</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idfa6a156fcd2348d18a27460e6e511891"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>with a hearing</quote> and inserting <quote>the opportunity for a hearing</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d6da61faee84c8b8b1a6bdb68845659"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ce541248e9340cb9ef5bdb169cdf00f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddef4036755864497bfa457e82e26e9be"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>relating to approval of a plan</quote> after <quote>a decision</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id440c509d5dd44991a306b905d9fe6150"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Department of Health and Human Services</quote> and inserting <quote>relating to approval of a waiver by an affected Federal agency</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idd44e1b7d2b76457fb62f6a0c8f7149f8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote><quote>Department</quote>)</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b86c02e0b994514b5984270f58b5c0e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Indian Health Service or</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc07258d04f144e8d873cbdf38fb6b02f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddac429ba0b74c06ae87439957e51705"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc954fc312e574fb9a74e01dea34484bb"> <enum>(e)</enum> <header>Effect of approval</header> <paragraph id="id54371cfd42e44f0c9771d0e0f42344a2"> <enum>(1)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text>On approval of a plan under this section, each program included in the approved plan shall remain eligible for integration under the plan unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="idcf50a67e8d5f489c98f5891ec4eaae06">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Indian tribe submits an amendment removing the program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd8332f13dae3487ab75c62fef12d3625">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the program is repealed or otherwise made unavailable by an Act of Congress; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ideda82ff6d76b44f19e28bc36f5c444b6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines, based on a change in Federal law enacted after approval of the plan, that continued inclusion of the program is prohibited by law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3f7ae1543ac940d6a45cc078d7a86c3a">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<text>No Federal agency may—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30671496733e42b38db5f4443fbda98a"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require an Indian tribe to remove a program from an approved plan based solely on an administrative interpretation, policy, guidance, regulation, or other agency action adopted after approval of the plan; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6d940cbe6754414da2958b0f9736ae27" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>subsequently revoke, limit, or condition the integration of a program included in an approved plan except as expressly required by Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id439c4f3e0ab8415aa104732eae4f0ad0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal responsibilities</header><text>Section 11 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3410">25 U.S.C. 3410</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9e5f5ec181b454086a2157072d59603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20e373fe2444440da3d79963205c12dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>any consolidated activities</quote> and inserting <quote>the consolidated services</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9137c395274f404d951d24d0795fa716"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>, subject to the condition that the memorandum of understanding may not contradict, restrict, or interfere with any authority provided pursuant to this Act</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4de66b7f5846499c8bc8af43fc24542e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c5d19d4a8034c76a98f7cd0dd5ec3e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9560817135bd4d1eb1234d9cad03aef2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, to include continuing to provide underlying services that would otherwise be provided by integrated programs</quote> before the semicolon at the end; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa6911c13b6b411eadd3e0491785c308"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>or otherwise made inapplicable through the integration of the program into the plan, including limitations on consolidation and reallocation of funds or program reporting requirements</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8431fdbab91425eaa98476a9efe9c65"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide910965cdd15430b886f70cb4f48b177"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Limitation</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Limitations</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1467a881f7eb477495245e12281099cd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The report format</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3a76163180b4eae9269e527ead8badd"><subparagraph id="id57a7a18dc41143f3a649f11235a0b7ce"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The report format</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64d70d4992134a35a7cc02f860e2cf6b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id931101822f9846f1889acdbc41e21a05"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide896bc95a4a941f19d941cf04dc7a9c6"> <enum>(B)</enum> <header>No additional reports</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd699b80d7371410eb106083196248f45"> <enum>(i)</enum> <header>In general</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When an Indian tribe integrates a program into a plan approved under section 8—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id748b41399b15492d9f4404bd5fa1f9dd">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Indian tribe shall no longer be required to submit any separate reports on that program; and </text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d7f959afc63479d8318d237c403d66e">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the only report required to be submitted by the Indian tribe is the single plan report described in this section.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71a2b2a78ddd4135b275f222c5464e93">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>No waiver required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No waiver shall be required for an Indian tribe to no longer be required to submit the separate reports described in clause (i)(I).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ec56272eec149769bf0c3f5d21b69d0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>No reduction in amounts</header><text>Section 12 of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3411">25 U.S.C. 3411</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89f3b9382dee4efcaf722a437eca7df3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by inserting <quote>, or the integration of a program into a plan,</quote> after <quote>a plan</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2be541cae7a41b58fa6141158711ebd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida964670f73cd4e089598139c2190b636"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or compacting</quote> after <quote>contracting</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a5498b41e90401991f21f0f7613cee1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or compacting</quote> after <quote>contracting</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6873234b85b4bc28bc3f34b4f941e0f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Administration of funds</header><text>Section 14(a)(1)(A) of the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3413">25 U.S.C. 3413(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ebf308948f04dd4a400b7c25b4ad486"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe53207e270247ab8f05bcb682063fb6"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d98a35591ff462db474514de07ba703"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c26f38a718940f3bbdfd50ce8777646"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so designated)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8ad48bd499b475fa0720cfde4cadb25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a tribe</quote> and inserting <quote>an Indian tribe</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3add233adf48408aa2c1cab3bc38080b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>self-sufficiency,</quote> before <quote>employment</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c44bffbd4a340b487e4e03a2dd9b3f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id594dbe580201481aaf96c24a668d4622"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f00b2315f6147a3a9e6eaae1d613964"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Consolidation or reallocation</header><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69c7845f8853484db322964d1d9cf82a"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>When an Indian tribe integrates a program into a plan approved under section 8, that Indian tribe may consolidate and reallocate the funding associated with that program across services or activities provided under the plan. </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a289d9e60a4a3fa7d9e0e2f1b2dd4f"><enum>(II)</enum><header>No waiver required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No waiver shall be required for a consolidation or reallocation described in subclause (I).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd250b3f27068466e9b43fe951fd3871f"><enum>702.</enum><header>Interagency agreement to evaluate on-site child care in affordable housing</header><subsection id="id4db7ac0bf0824c1cbac45e4b74d0ce8f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Office of Native American Programs, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Children and Families, to evaluate outcomes associated with the co-location of child care services within affordable housing developments receiving assistance under programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></subsection><subsection id="id38b87f2102a449f282620757cc060bf4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope of evaluation</header><text>The evaluation required under subsection (a) shall assess the extent to which the availability of on-site child care in affordable housing developments—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id993bd0ce0eea471086467b027aa32648"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improves housing stability for low-income families;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a74e16680a84873830e64ff63db3096"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases workforce participation and employment retention among residents;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id888fd334e8064bcaa3b6b7e77fb5623f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports early childhood development and school readiness;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4da5a8d2c29240269cc6e2a51c4a7ecc"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduces barriers to accessing child care, including cost, transportation, and availability; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a4cf89f95724c2fba35f25bd7b4ecce"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">produces other measurable outcomes for families, including impacts on health, economic mobility, and family well-being.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0fd055724ec942faa96b458432fceab3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4103">25 U.S.C. 4103</external-xref>)), tribally designated housing entities (as defined in that section), the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (as defined in section 801 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4221">25 U.S.C. 4221</external-xref>)), public housing agencies, and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate.</text></subsection><subsection id="id571480f4a4f249e483813d881a17f6d8"> <enum>(d)</enum> <header>Report to Congress</header> <text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SLIA00">Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name> a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="idf9f91391dc45405c8a00023e36571df7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>summarizes the findings of the evaluation conducted under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="id38f2aa922b594b559e70498df1cfad08">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>includes recommendations for administrative, regulatory, and legislative actions to improve access to affordable, high-quality child care for families residing in housing assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including in Native communities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection></section><section id="idf9bc8e802401401190d5b6e96fb6097d"><enum>703.</enum><header>Set-aside of Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 658O(a)(2) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9858m">42 U.S.C. 9858m(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended, in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking <quote>2 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent</quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id6ace95f0d2da4b1cb9efcbc01e60f511"><enum>704.</enum><header>Requirement of consultation with Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 658O(c) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9858m">42 U.S.C. 9858m(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C5F526B1DA1462ABB0B7A226BA82370"><paragraph id="idfaf1e7b8f7694029b52b9607c581a0be"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In establishing requirements, including requirements relating to applications, under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with Indian tribes and tribal organizations (including such tribes that are Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations, and including Native Hawaiian organizations and other organizations described in section 658P(15)(B)), experts in Indian early childhood education and development, linguists, and the National Indian Child Care Association.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idd3c7badd4424462898262920cd60203a" commented="no"><enum>705.</enum><header>Native American Advisory Committee on Early Childhood</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9857">42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5880f1cecb44941980ed8531c183d29"><section id="idad2357b8ca3b4be382879c884b9d8573"><enum>658T.</enum><header>Native American Advisory Committee on Early Childhood</header><subsection id="id46dc4d51592a4740888d86b4c9818f14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id65cbaa0df085429697db36a10f1461d8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>), shall establish within the Office of Early Childhood Development an advisory committee to be known as the <quote>Native American Advisory Committee on Early Childhood</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb1f75b3ef364c61a6447ddf19d8204e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Committee shall facilitate, but not supplant, government-to-government consultation between the Secretary and Indian tribes on matters relating to early childhood development of American Indian and Alaska Native children.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfbcbbe89840545858d028f1561bff283"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="idbac84c3fa5084ece86aa02adff711eb0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of 15 members, appointed in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), as follows:</text><subparagraph id="id5ac06c6a9baa495f9987fc3db3157a0c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 representative from each of the 12 service areas of the Indian Health Service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae991b6736234572ba9d31933beb1d31"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>1 representative from the National Indian Child Care Association.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id053e3d7529624d97a82d567e75b6cd03"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 representative from the National Indian Head Start Association.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe33390b3f634370bc6d80498cb54d5b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 representative from a national urban Indian organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ideeb74249163d431ea3af9674a9769b91"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee from nominations submitted by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id918fd95d0edf49c08168aa00e4bdc9c6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="idacc3bf4d07824aa6986bb255b85d2368"><enum>(A)</enum><text>members of the Committee—</text><clause id="id0385262807274e9f83510c0e5ffb811e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>represent diverse geographic regions, including Alaska and Hawai‘i;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8d33328ece94e2888e07aff0deb0e50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have expertise in Tribally led early childhood education efforts; and</text></clause><clause id="idc98b8a4f40c04d4891caec9fdc7c2888"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have expertise in areas such as early childhood development, Tribal child care, or public health; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddac70bdd490a43c89b8b2f0b40fd6d9d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not fewer than 1 member represents Native youth.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2d2f0ecdf0e4a7e85c59498a54d54b1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms</header><subparagraph id="id7e2f30e4a1db42d2bfd21fc81e2a912c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each member of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f6fca0d1052487b96f0bda22e0d6bee"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>Members of the Committee may be reappointed for not more than 2 consecutive terms.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1753a01f241b4862a119785bb49a6945"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6b9e5a4a53bd4bbaae0763e4a918f062"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Committee shall—</text><paragraph id="idf1e41eb6c77b4ad8aa77638dad5c0f13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify emerging issues affecting the early childhood of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb952a0d00bc04ca4b37cf31a42503dde"><enum>(2)</enum><text>propose solutions and provide recommendations, with respect to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children—</text><subparagraph id="ide213e37eef1b4282b8724dce08430d4a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve programs for Tribes that support early childhood education and development;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa884c2dab4e4f9d8ed558f00cfd8a61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to improve access to child care;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2c155bb816934fafa4f593b38391ce30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enhance culturally appropriate care; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36b228305a5d417f97bce4c6395e70e2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to strengthen early childhood data collection and surveillance;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f00044ee64f4275be43511a2183bd22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide guidance on Tribal consultation for early childhood initiatives;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a07b56106934b2493c95f95b9d34dbc"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify interdepartmental barriers and propose solutions for coordination between the Administration for Children and Families and—</text><subparagraph id="id20628b84fc984248990b731ad8d18963"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Indian Health Service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6c1fddb6b17f4051864894991107c8d1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id143585c7b7b44adeb37044914f4993d2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30eb7b6b3e4744e3878e860b470573d8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd33234eb4934c638e9ee3ebc69a290e"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advise on integration of traditional American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian practices in early childhood development programs.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8e404310ca96411c9eda85ada8d392d1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><paragraph id="id3d6ef443aa1149b5988f82f9ef0aa8e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall meet in person not less frequently than twice each year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc2b1440854cb4e338e596efe815db50e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency representation</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for Children and Families (or a designee) shall attend each meeting of the Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb981d42c868c4f63bbe9ee70de5a4430"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting</header><paragraph id="id69177469b54847ae8ff3af1229b1fa20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee reports</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary and the relevant committees of Congress a report on—</text><subparagraph id="idcd6694c612744eff91e053b181dab04e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities of the Committee;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida1962ad8640f409c96393d410a087834"><enum>(B)</enum><text>early childhood education and child care challenges affecting Tribal communities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3df658fe523340b28391e63df3aecb8e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>recommendations for legislative and administrative actions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cc5ea50613140bd8313996e1d583123"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency response</header><text>Not later than 45 days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a written response to—</text><subparagraph id="id34a2bf9e120f459ea33c33060e4d7515"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0586abee5be74fdbb38a32e1864d98f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the relevant committees of Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf063802948314743ae719268d01dafea"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefac3533523040d197648f86a860b96e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7b39e82912b45f18755138d5f70d930"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Committee shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the course of carrying out the duties of Committee.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7243484f12b45a58cfe78d24c69d075"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Support</header><text>At the request of the Committee, the Secretary shall appoint such administrative and staff support to the Committee to enable the Committee to carry out the duties of the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id813c30fd09e9439fb508dad1cb9488f5"> <enum>(h)</enum> <header>Applicability of FACA</header> <text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/10">Chapter 10</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Advisory Committee Act</quote>), shall not apply to the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id94d6f55f55f24ca8abd5cd9b7368adab"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id1d33ae9a095847b4aaa0495803976e72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The term <term>Committee</term> means the Native American Advisory Committee on Early Childhood established under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d0e2e5357394ff88fa2af948a36cf11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Native youth</header><text>The term <term>Native youth</term> means an individual—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a6ab81722845ec86e3b4a64a2763e4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is 24 years of age or less; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ebfcb472aad41fe931f0e5124307a5c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who is an American Indian, an Alaska Native, or a Native Hawaiian.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id947bec998c9848f687ddf3dc62711c10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant committees of congress</header><text>The term <term>relevant committees of Congress</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id4e84f190eb94421187c4e32db571316f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e17693a84c748aca0b857deb6fd1427"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9df49a4be61d4fda95258d8b79ab4984"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86f2c2fc8ea24a4ea2e54d8d6f42de0b" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Education</header><section id="id1e206bab8d504dfdb5a49251d8107ba7"><enum>801.</enum><header>Supporting Native American teacher training and teacher development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1057">20 U.S.C. 1057</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idb761ec4eddbc46029660ac9debc999c8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id776d6ce841f74ab6b81dfd23ff69df43"><paragraph id="ida027a9c5dc174062a79ef773c4a396af"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Special consideration shall be given to an eligible institution that is a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b)), a Native American-serving, nontribal institution (as defined in section 319(b)), an Alaska Native-serving institution (as defined in section 317(b)), or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as defined in such section).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c0a4b2a6891433ca294f557ec89c280"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="ida9685043e05c4e6f92e3642078051b7c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id105f608d704a47588dde5f52d7a41b3a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf76d3b90ff45460f9e8153d134d8ff2f"><paragraph id="id1c05e1102b61432b84f30a870e7ceae5"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Development or improvement of academic programs that will serve American Indian and Alaska Native teachers or support the development of culturally appropriate curricula for American Indian and Alaska Native populations, including Native American language programs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ide8f622317c4146d6a592ba3c0abc5d61"><enum>802.</enum><header>Pilot program for Native teacher apprentices</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a765d1e154142a2ad10cc4dadb6529d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18d7544d5be848ee803752352e3f4e1e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>ESEA definitions</header><text>The terms <term>elementary school</term> and <term>secondary school</term> have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf72fc9220dd844d19e1b0d263d3a1f3c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education-related occupation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>education-related occupation</term> includes the occupations of childcare worker, preschool teacher, teaching assistant, elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher, elementary school or secondary school administrator, and any other educational occupation approved by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of a registered apprenticeship program.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc83fe6802ca4c44b2ddd4b0e4912538"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="ide6e3003231a4493d9aeb05120019fd7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an entity that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id229e5169a28e47958809ca3f0f2f6255"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a041616f7784617890f2113dc79ba2c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide3c95e9ad9fb4dd28a55835a67084d2b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a Tribal organization;</text></subclause><subclause id="id94b5a766cb0d4d34bb0cff76ddd8046e"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a Native Hawaiian organization, as defined in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id894625ce129b4ebd9e7fae3932ba3c69"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>an Indian Head Start program; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda3396fa08dc4322907660a2b28a59fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enters into a partnership for purposes of a grant under this section with an institution of postsecondary education described in any of subclauses (I) through (IV) of subparagraph (B)(i); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id646685e63b7a4a408bed4f79953c4b5d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a postsecondary education institution that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87027464b8c4441b8ecfd0e0f65e86c2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text><subclause id="id9a2a5bf7f04d4f31b18e81cff14bfeb0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a Tribal College or University, as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C. 1059c</external-xref>);</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18d316c7c574425180b23637e3ad49dd"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Native American-serving, nontribal institution, as defined in section 319 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059f">20 U.S.C. 1059f</external-xref>);</text></subclause><subclause id="id9690d8090c774c999d6f80542fb37896"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution, as defined in section 317 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059d">20 U.S.C. 1059d</external-xref>); or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1decd563db741089de94fe84160112d"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">another institution of higher education, as defined in section 101 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a87dd005d3a4a6ea13f136d51adfb35"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enters into a partnership for purposes of the grant under this section with an Indian Tribe or organization described in any of subclauses (I) through (III) of subparagraph (A)(i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b3bead4b1da4186844609e796ec1c22" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Indian head start program</header><text>The term <term>Indian Head Start program</term> means a Head Start program (including an Early Head Start program) funded under section 645(d)(1) of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9840">42 U.S.C. 9840(d)(1)</external-xref>) and operated by an Indian tribe (as defined in section 637 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9832">42 U.S.C. 9832</external-xref>)), Tribal organization, or other entity serving primarily Native American children and families.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id192214b5eaa340e99e10b296e2335a2e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Registered apprenticeship</header><text>The term <term>registered apprenticeship</term> means an apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the <quote>National Apprenticeship Act</quote>; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/50">29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id804d15efe3ff459584ad55c9c9270606"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id002416e4476047e7a74f6a0b5a73a101"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Teacher apprenticeship program</header><text>The term <term>teacher apprenticeship program</term> means an apprenticeship program through which individuals receive accreditation or certification in an education-related occupation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9e5ade74305b42e78d678dac04e3d63b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, shall establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities to carry out teacher apprenticeship programs to address the shortage of education professionals serving Native American early childhood programs and Native American elementary school and secondary school students, particularly in remote or rural communities.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4cec03e79a8a41a789a4a8747897cead"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall use grant funds to carry out 1 or more of the following:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17ef910fb7014bc1ad8387a23655e809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The planning and establishment of a teacher apprenticeship program, including the creation of a unique community-tailored curriculum for such an apprenticeship program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbcef870f73cc45f48a01503aa5b8e59a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The support and expansion of an existing teacher apprenticeship program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f59d97e511648a8af387f64a2441673"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The investigation of efficacy of a teacher apprenticeship program in teacher retention and satisfaction and student outcomes (including student well-being).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19b3f432366d4d9fbe863b05b412cdb1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing wraparound services to students in the teacher apprenticeship program, which may include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id0ed9d47b76d84883b5577e6c7b165600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Tuition.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62deb59742c64d818c498f3f06241a68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Textbooks and other class materials.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d5cd8a17ef14d32ba737ce1031656a2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Technology, such as laptops and internet stipends.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8adeb42986d547d0949df0f7d864f45b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Childcare support.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d2478677b584ed989329daa4a459611"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Salaries or stipends for program staff, such as a coordinator or student mentors.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc708f1a43f4b441fad283b035ecc9c11"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other activity, item, or service included in the student's cost of attendance, as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087ll">20 U.S.C. 1087ll</external-xref>), for the program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc692891357ac4b8f80e96ed7115af88f" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application; selection</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0530c9122ad348cea44b21097ec29743"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Award basis</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id571863fb5fa145468b94b07018f18a93"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall select not fewer than 5 eligible entities to receive a grant as part of the pilot program under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dc223d5d74b47c39553ea51af4a193e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting eligible entities to receive a grant under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities serving rural or remote communities with demonstrated shortages of teachers or in other education-related occupations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ad565dea9f9439396c40cb5e8479360"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible entity desiring to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary shall reasonably require, including the following:</text><subparagraph id="id25f4b67147634af2b1beb661e8df4a9e" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A detailed description of the program for which the grant is requested, including—</text><clause id="id578ea51d564a4cff8aa8112fd40b3264" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the relevant degree or certification program for program participants;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0d0dd81dab74b0c9a49b42dbfc48283"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the workplaces in which program participants will serve as paid apprentices;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55b170e11631482f9d429d759b20cca1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentorship plans for program participants; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf6c156a45b3481db08c1f96a9b30624"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional resources for program participants.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb57904d8078f4976b8269616de58ce03" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A detailed budget for the program.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23d2d43a71f04b4999d572ad89689151" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A detailed description of the challenges faced by the community to be served by the program with respect to teacher and other educator recruitment and retention, and how the program will address such challenges.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4677c8dd7d44efa87ef1d51d1e24e43" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A detailed description of a plan to be carried out by the eligible entity to evaluate the program supported with grant funds under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefc5cecfbb3c4edea9516d5f188904b2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible entity that determines that the objectives of the program would be accomplished more effectively through a partnership arrangement with an educational entity (such as a school or preschool) at which participants will be placed in teacher apprenticeships, an identification of such entity as a partner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0f99da444b5e47ef9a475b212b4141b9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><section id="idb828f86cc37d4463ab12e2b56270c23d"><enum>803.</enum><header>Supporting after-school programs for Native American children</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6115(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7425">20 U.S.C. 7425(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id17e1372ee6f449f78dddae59efa12008"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (12) and (13) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90302ac300b34380882300ae6e82ab62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fab87b6d36f412d8613fee6e02c0b93"><paragraph id="id36576686b72c4a7b9840ad7d2bd70f90"><enum>(12)</enum><text>after-school programming;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idb79efe43ae31464cb468468c0a7cfd01"><enum>804.</enum><header>Promoting and strengthening Native languages</header><subsection id="idf16beed59097458cb43b4c43880d36e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Native American language resource centers</header><text>Section 2 of the Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7457">20 U.S.C. 7457</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idefaadc6ca14d430a867800bd4e35e360"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id920ecb4de5264fd890841f4b4cc8fcbe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2e4183ac52745658b9455364c07a511"><subsection id="id6526ceefc11546bab4b4858683469f5d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="idb63a2c81937a40b3a90c550f75e6599e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Native American language resource center reports</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31ae1c3a23fb4ea9aaa7e442d5577c3a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title> and every 3 years thereafter, the national Native American language resource center established under subsection (b) shall produce a report, in coordination with the regional centers of the Native American language resource center, that provides information on the status of the work of the Native American language resource center and each of the regional centers and recommendations to Congress—</text><clause id="id84807918bc4e40d38d1bbc167cf0f5af"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the strengthening of Native American language teaching and learning, including through Indian Head Start programs; and</text></clause><clause id="id22b77653eaba4862b625c64631312c64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regarding how to use, practice, and develop Native American languages in alignment with the policy described in section 104 of the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2903">25 U.S.C. 2903</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id307e5cee975e4ef28182c7a079afedfe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report produced under subparagraph (A) shall be shared publicly and with Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c5ad9d77c3e4799aa18828bf4cc4b76"> <enum>(2)</enum> <header>Information on NALA schools</header> <text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title>, the national Native American language resource center established under subsection (b) shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives, a report on NALA schools in the United States that shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="iddb7c4aa727a2455a9fc0a253c206e17b">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identification of all NALA schools operating in the United States that are certified under section 3(c);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1261ad64fa8f405d9c36aeb80b11a926">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for each such certified NALA school—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0e8175b05a64698bd9ebcd65525f24a"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the level at which such NALA school operates, as determined by the percentage of time spent with the Native American language functioning as the medium of communication in the classroom;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="ida47390749ca04f2fbbe6c585fb376326">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an estimate of the number of pupils at each grade level and age range served at each such NALA school;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="idc4c499fd2f0d444b83aae541e367ae12">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the cost per-pupil at each such NALA school;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="idc12d676855794a13ae9731fe22cb08af">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<subclause commented="no"
display-inline="yes-display-inline"
id="id40999f8e94f84a7f9e93991263d5d054">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the estimated number of students at each such NALA school who have completed the highest grade level of such school; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no"
display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id4f24cac40ec44b82a4a03cf3f63c36b4" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent available, the estimated numbers—</text>
<item commented="no"
display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id69bf70cfb1e647e8b8298d8b19b1d578">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of such students graduating high school; and</text>
</item>
<item commented="no"
display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id9d042c66583343858cbd47c1275b13f3">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of such students enrolling in postsecondary education; and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="idd34b6f973a4c436f8068ccac21222e19">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>a description of the Federal funding sources used by each such NALA school;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4f409d6ac8ca4e10be0fa33fa6b39d86">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a description of the barriers to funding and operation faced by certified NALA schools; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id45dbc341a83344b8bbd7699c5edb30a2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>information on—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id446c97d7d8c141268b7e770e4815e50c"> <enum>(i)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certified NALA schools that are using 1 or more Native American languages as a language of instruction at a level equal to less than 51 percent of the time; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"
id="id9e37e09e6b084022867f0e3b19f879a0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals and entities who have contacted the national Native American language resource center seeking information on how to increase the level of Native American language used in school.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id69d79fe0215b453686a4050376d73524"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id587f9097895842efb388923ff3a08371"><paragraph id="id49141a90108a46ed8cda47e2f88204f6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Native American languages school; NALA school</header><text>The term <term>Native American languages school</term>, also referred to as a <term>NALA school</term>, mean an early childhood education, elementary, or secondary school or program—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id850f3fdefe33457eb427df995da65cc6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that serves students in any grade in early childhood education (including infant classes) through grade 12; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ca5bea76c74496c901603eec88912bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which a Native American language serves as the primary medium of instruction for all grade levels and all academic subjects offered by the school, except for English language arts instruction.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605c299ee5d849f49fb0b607fd1ced67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g), as so redesignated—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ef94c0e55cc4772a70331db182f8b64"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>There are</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba9f29bd2c6e4046ba431506194de824"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9431f491af164da48a92cc3ad369bc5a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fc367bfbced43d2b3b2d9dc29991fc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(except for subsection (e))</quote> after <quote>this section</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id169c7b652e7742f5b1b9f767ebb9774c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideddb44ee0c754aecbc393431f229b900"><subparagraph id="id84958cc3b63042f5a7bb29c9e1ca2ab2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting requirements authorization</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (e), $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, and $250,000 for each subsequent fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0b0eea8e185744cdbff3812cca2a0472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Support for Native American language schools</header><text>The Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7457">20 U.S.C. 7457</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6392a523d06c4fe6b53f2ef1e0c137c1"><section id="idc41d43787ec348b39570c3fd8c497aa2"><enum>3.</enum><header>Support for Native American language schools</header><subsection id="idaedfb51d323a4129b69d95c481cadcfc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc791a6e63df434f875df05fdd8d54f8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The definitions under section 2(f) shall apply.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda258a7df6094d76b536af0f5ece93be"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbebafb7beb0f4e1aa5ccaa0b57d2f70b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of grants</header><paragraph id="id1bc0cf86a66d42d5baf2b1de1dab1299"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall award grants, from allotments made under paragraph (2), to Native American languages schools that are certified under subsection (c) and have an approved application, as described in subsection (d), to enable such schools to carry out activities described in subsection (e).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id77b7123245354b61b026b5993eff8be3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of grant awards</header><subparagraph id="id6f43f3e85b9b428cb41c882a6300e80a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall allot to each NALA school with an approved application an amount equal to the product of—</text><clause id="id761844b88e1c4a7ebe733fd83dbbd4ad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of students served by such NALA school;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id094c009b5a3d4978920eb91829ad1190"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount by which the percentage of time spent at the NALA school using a Native American language as the primary language of instruction at each grade level in the school exceeds 50 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="id7a53df46409d47c19b07925851e67f4b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the greater of—</text><subclause id="id845fb637db1a4173a1f092f7dc56fbf0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the average per-pupil expenditure at elementary schools or secondary schools or both (as applicable depending on if the NALA school serves elementary school students or secondary school students, or both), of the State in which such NALA school is located; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id07541ad87a1947888e81255538bc7932"><enum>(II)</enum><text>80 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure at elementary schools or secondary schools, or both (as applicable depending on if the NALA school serves elementary school students or secondary school students, or both), of all the States.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbcfd31dafd6a4a6da76bdfdd7077ca07"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Ratable amounts</header><text>If the sums appropriated for any fiscal year under subsection (h) are insufficient to pay in full the allotments determined under subparagraph (A) for all NALA schools, each of those amounts shall be ratably reduced.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f15c7b9dbe7465e9cd2a08f7a928f22"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Amount of grant awards for NALA schools that are early childhood education programs</header><text>The Secretary shall allot to each NALA school that is an early childhood education program with an approved application, as described in subsection (d), an amount equal to the product of the number of students served by such NALA school and an amount determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcb13d9b57bcb442ab8a336a1515900d2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NALA school eligibility and certification</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9df15724bd5948be98ad202c6d50728e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standard</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section, the national Native American language resource center established under section 2(b) shall develop a certification standard for NALA schools, to be renewed every 2 years, which may include requirements related to a NALA school’s family engagement programming.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85e4f79b4b79411c8439c757c029ff75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the standard developed under paragraph (1), the national Native American language resource center shall certify eligible schools as certified NALA schools.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96bf7678e96e4be2ac2eb5b5db90a1a8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08e4a2ba7efc44f7a30e60fe062bcecc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A NALA school that desires to receive an allotment under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary and the national Native American language resource center established under section 2(b) may reasonably require.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id254b4ed0a3904fd68bf02921370b8d7d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The application submitted under this subsection shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44722662027043e7adbed45179eed86f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">verification that the NALA school is certified under subsection (c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50ffac8211654f67beaec699874d5326"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the services and activities to be supported under the allotment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id88c0d77ae27c405e9db605b859ca03c6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorized services and activities</header><text>Each NALA school that receives a grant under this section shall use the allotment for services and activities that preserve Native American languages, such as services and activities that—</text><paragraph id="id98810e74f377418dba2e16f67a56074a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are designed to support the use, practice, and development of Native American languages and fluent language acquisition and maintenance in alignment with the policy described in section 104 of the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2903">25 U.S.C. 2903</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd5107b478f9417695d594b207c4b279"><enum>(2)</enum><text>supplement, enrich, and strengthen the education program of such NALA school.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb02fa7135ecd4a01b630061fe048ac3b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administrative cap</header><text>A NALA school receiving an allotment under this section may use the allotments for administrative costs in accordance with the federally negotiated indirect cost rate applicable to the eligible entity.</text></subsection><subsection id="id51578b950e9349b997bab5c26f40bc0d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on duplicative funding</header><paragraph id="id8d60e9b8670c473f81067b1fb5084326"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A NALA school that receives an allotment under this section for a fiscal year shall not be eligible to receive funding under section 6133 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7453">20 U.S.C. 7453</external-xref>) for the same fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcea5da87c1af45f2b1db955bf7122a3c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit eligibility under section 6133 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7453">20 U.S.C. 7453</external-xref>) for a NALA school, Native American language program, or other eligible entity under such section that does not receive funding under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddb6b4b8da400444ab55ab02286909f57"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id3c64700e01484bc0aa39f291e6e4f47a"><enum>805.</enum><header>Addressing the indirect administrative costs of Indian education programs</header><subsection id="id36b11e166cf34badae309de4b4ef45d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorized services and activities</header><text>Section 6115 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7425">20 U.S.C. 7425</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id673d0aef4e2046558dc515a334830ca4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>for administrative purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>for direct administrative costs</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f8944273e57477abcd8dec813b0cda1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8e79f652ec543fdb296bf58fcd3f2fc"><subsection id="id6a9a22b7ba0543cb81e2b78b9a55830b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this subpart shall be for a 5-year period.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb69022fc2b67491fa6061bec9353addf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Improvement of educational opportunities for indian children and youth</header><text>Section 6121(e) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7441">20 U.S.C. 7441(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for administrative purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>for direct administrative costs</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id675fd24d3f9b4a2ab1388eb6093b468a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Native American and Alaska Native language immersion schools and programs</header><text>Section 6133 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7441">20 U.S.C. 7441</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id663792ce774f4da5ac6d4e757d496d43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), by striking <quote>3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3fb7ae5e842c4dd989d6ceb2a3d6bd65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>for administrative purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>for direct administrative costs</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide215c0c1246a4c98829a63f4a3fe937f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Alaska Native education program</header><text>Section 6304 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7544">20 U.S.C. 7544</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id537e813f19784e3fbfb939deb445b44a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4d2121a4ea34126b6b8412faaf0a5ef"><paragraph id="id51402f73317e48da94c6d8d98f49190d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>Any limitation on the use of funds for administrative purposes under this part shall apply only to direct administrative costs and shall not include indirect costs recovered pursuant to a federally negotiated indirect cost rate.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id69c8fda4a30140d5831b1abb51985e34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaff2dadb5d3f4b538e824ee3fe4b7458"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc536bb85449453ba4b06d34ce199139"><subsection id="id7771fdaaff8f445a95adf777acc3b24c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a 5-year period.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86eeaf1968d54b1db0776fadcebe4bd5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian education program</header><text>Section 6205 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7515">20 U.S.C. 7515</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id36c3e177b6e845a5be33af75c09050a9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8096339e89994746bfba9ea6fdb5fc2f"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id604e8f1d29cf43b2800bf6c2823abf2d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><paragraph id="ida93e5b836b0d499aba2851a82565ef72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not more than 5 percent of funds provided to a recipient of a grant or contract under subsection (a) for any fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0717a84fb8ab48c48a6e7890ac7c5d93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Any limitation on the use of funds for administrative purposes under this part shall apply only to direct administrative costs and shall not include indirect costs recovered pursuant to a federally negotiated indirect cost rate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9407d92c2e844b6c9f0f422f8738aca7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6d89d185984e47cea1ca1915ea6994d3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90ccc30b8e794711b9e01646ab69d0e2"><subsection id="id268bc0a61fd145eea422b312f1fd08eb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>A grant awarded under this section shall be for a 5-year period.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf639322e7e934d0f972713a04dcc5b9c"><enum>806.</enum><header>Increasing access to Head Start for Native children</header><subsection id="id86a6dbb1ef6746c4a6beb63d6582e08b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 637 of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9832">42 U.S.C. 9832</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11c6feed8a224ee2a65b7bc4cfe9d3bd"><paragraph id="id3491b1dfcb25421097b73238b92a6957"><enum>(27)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id92de0ff16ac747628d27a672cb78042c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian</term> means a member of an Indian tribe.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc41f9bcdf5dd48a4b892216ae2a55020"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>Indian Head Start agency</term> means an Indian tribe that operates, or an entity that is designated by an Indian tribe to operate on its behalf, a Head Start program (including an Early Head Start program).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e5d7eefa9f941c9a183d16d8bceef40" commented="no"><enum>(28)</enum><text>The term <term>Native American language</term> has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Native American Languages Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2902">25 U.S.C. 2902</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id704111edaa74433b9c574636da63428a"><enum>(29)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb783a6d113f84e2386c9be4d3224fac6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05857cb84dd34f34817ced8d4dbd7211"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian Head Start</term> means an entity, in the State of Hawaii, that has experience developing or operating programs for Native Hawaiians or programs of instruction in the Native Hawaiian language or culture, that is designated by the Secretary to operate a Head Start program (including an Early Head Start program).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfd5e990161f49eca3bd67493df8938c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The term <term>Native Hawaiian language</term> has the meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7517">20 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H1479DA5A345F4A32AE6EE2A99CACD0FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment of funds</header><text>Section 640(a) of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9835">42 U.S.C. 9835(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636552de9ba648e3a4b23aed143d2d0f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a789d03426148de96170b48d8a85725"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc2d1a7f5cba4e808a22e080686622e2"> <enum>(B)</enum> <text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB523ACDC57E5407DBEA17E3A861FA82B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB54A0007928447F48FCF7C4C1284626F"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EAFF4978E0E49B786373938AFF20D25" indent="up2"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a base grant has been established through appropriations for the Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies administering Native Hawaiian Head Start programs (including Native Hawaiian Early Head Start programs), to provide an amount for the Native Hawaiian Head Start programs that is equal to the amount provided for base grants for agencies described in this clause under this subchapter for the prior fiscal year, by allotting to each agency described in this clause an amount equal to that agency’s base grant for the prior fiscal year; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf3ee98cdb4145c6a20e4d0027e2c469"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="idd5b24d0bd62f421cb232f091bf554ffb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i)(II), by striking <quote>programs), and</quote> and inserting <quote>programs), not more than $1,000,000 for Native Hawaiian Head Start programs, and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22e51ecf3b414df19d3a5e41bd8096cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41214ba7dfb24ebaa029ed374ac1c120"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2772db6c8fd044619bdd96b689b88bfe"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc35ac84dc10941dda91e29356a3eed48" indent="up3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>special expansion provisions</term> means clause (i)(II), and subclauses (I)(aa) and (II)(bb) of clause (ii), of subparagraph (A).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide41af2db50b94494b19176e566cbf73a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)(I), by striking <quote>Indian Head Start programs or migrant or seasonal Head Start programs</quote> and inserting <quote>Indian Head Start programs, Native Hawaiian Head Start programs, or migrant or seasonal Head Start programs</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide01769aa5baa4ea9a6b19dc891e98f6a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(D)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb235242f51d47e6b13f0937f3e3cfc1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>3 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf713c0dd63f4bf0b7470269e5c5609a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20832ff7a85d4c419ce408fcc329189d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b74ae516c79457a89ec3a6ada8e488c"><clause id="idb77a38f5c2bd4d3896d85c644e6fae50" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for any fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which Native Hawaiian Head Start programs receive funds under the special expansion provisions, use 0.3 percent for Head Start programs funded under paragraph (2)(B)(vi) (other than Early Head Start programs);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id877af628f0924d2a96f2b2207651abfb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting after clause (viii) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id793ba97bd5f749748c298f110d1d96b1"><clause id="idd86f2cb0b84f47c5a6cbc2a5be6b1129" indent="up2"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Acquiring and maintaining proper facilities for Indian Head Start agencies (including Alaska Native Head Start agencies) and Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05dc05be31904155bf1125898526e264"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including the amount established through appropriations as described in clause (v) or (vi) of paragraph (2)(B)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf04649ede8464215894a4da5ae6ce459"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver for matching funds</header><text>Section 640(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9835">42 U.S.C. 9835(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>If the Secretary approves financial assistance under this subchapter in excess of 80 percent of the approved costs of the assisted program or activities in accordance with this subsection for an Indian Head Start program, that approval shall be for a 5-year period or, if shorter, the remaining duration of the corresponding Head Start agency’s designation period.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide42824ca9e5b48c98dabdfae67861e4a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Farmworker, Indian, and Native Hawaiian Head Start programs</header><text>Section 640(l) of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9835">42 U.S.C. 9835(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc3991f116312426b83001fd3a1532503" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>Indian children and children of migrant and seasonal farmworker families</quote> and inserting <quote>Indian children, Native Hawaiian children, and children of migrant and seasonal farmworker families</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1914d2149f65425e8f89986fbcfd82a2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef19d679fbc34ceeb59297b187ca76f3"><paragraph id="idc656a066b1f44d4cb9828b31fe5b6cbd" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idbc685c2dfecf4ea6b4f11441e6d46bc0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For the purposes of carrying out paragraph (3), the Secretary shall annually engage with Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies operating Native Hawaiian Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs or operating Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ac3adea28cf42e9ae25f857a95c09e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The engagements shall be for the purpose of better meeting the needs of Native Hawaiian children and families, in accordance with this subchapter, taking into consideration funding allotments, distribution formulas, and other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their geographic locations.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id498f4c44caaf4df68e4fd8da888b5970"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall publish a notification of the engagements in the Federal Register before conducting the engagements.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78b52b03478d44fd850f7470291af552"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that a detailed report of each engagement shall be prepared and made available, within 90 days after the engagement, to all Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies receiving funds under this subchapter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94b80e8f3ed54b6fbb3533d9c643501d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Designation of Head Start agencies</header><text>Section 641(c)(7) of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9836">42 U.S.C. 9836(c)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0c9a412718f64609872a234d89a8e6cf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33fd9fb98f9e44adb8a17b5030656b68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d8ff5aff6364e82bc91896daebff23c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb71450674de34405a8ba7ba3ca7a2146"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8dba034ea8340f59a28b14d9e021f2f"><clause id="id21f3594f129b4ff1960d8cb81670a4e0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case of a Native Hawaiian Head Start agency, to not be delivering a high-quality and comprehensive Head Start program shall (notwithstanding clause (ii)) be subject to the requirements of subparagraph (C).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6f79107a7f0461981bda9f1cbee936b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id732267efc1e2444384eef1346d6b1b01"><subparagraph id="ida1104ead35594ccb858bedc3f609f204"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian Head Start engagement and reevaluation</header><text>On making a determination described in subparagraph (A)(iv), the Secretary shall engage in stakeholder engagement with the appropriate Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies for the purpose of establishing a plan to improve the quality of Head Start programs operated by the Native Hawaiian Head Start agency. Such plan shall be established and implemented within 6 months after the Secretary’s determination. Not more than 6 months after the implementation of that plan, the Secretary shall reevaluate the performance of the Native Hawaiian Head Start agency. If the Native Hawaiian Head Start agency is still not delivering a high-quality and comprehensive Head Start program, the Secretary shall conduct an open competition as described in subsection (d).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f60f41384c349c4b4db1e86648bd2a0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Standards; monitoring of Head Start agencies and programs</header><text>Section 641A of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9836a">42 U.S.C. 9836a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd0d432de371a42cc92a813a0d24597e1" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89b3cb8be98b4c9d927393f058616250"><subparagraph id="idd1c19b736a6d4965a9feb8943ea8662d" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>consult with Indian tribes, including Alaska Natives, and engage with Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies and experts in Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian early childhood education and development, linguists, and the National Indian Head Start Directors Association on the review and promulgation of standards under paragraph (1) (including standards for language acquisition and school readiness).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5f1f9517d444640ad0c58af268c7c96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>, including Indian Head Start agencies and Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies,</quote> after <quote>Head Start agencies</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf231c94f3b66454d801fd08df29157a0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(6)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="id67e5959561064e559a77b6666ba26966"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaafc5277dc704ba18550759589342f33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c362bb4bf1b45b1ba4cb909ec2a81e9"><clause id="id807fbc666ea649f7860b993d4671210c"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian Head Start programs</header><text>If such funds are derived from a Native Hawaiian Head Start program, then such funds shall be redistributed to increase enrollment by the end of the following fiscal year in 1 or more Native Hawaiian Head Start programs.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcad8c29fe42844a882514a68a03e27f2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following: <quote>If such funds are derived from a Native Hawaiian Early Head Start program, then such funds shall be redistributed to increase enrollment by the end of the following fiscal year in 1 or more Native Hawaiian Early Head Start programs.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6a90582282548bbadbe96ec84006853"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in clause (v), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>clauses (i) through (iii)</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>clauses (i) through (iv)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7973ef5f889a4a39a2993f511bbf05b5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Head Start collaboration; State early education and care</header><text>Section 642B of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9837b">42 U.S.C. 9837b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcecc7581421e42afa71d0cd24e83ee90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id254a6554901c4955adb2ee5fab57d74e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 640(a)(2)(B)(vi)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 640(a)(2)(B)(vii)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae2cd42ed7574ded8c3f764499fca231"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>, to the State administrative office serving Native Hawaiian Head Start programs,</quote> after <quote>to each State</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id49478c5cd5d044d4bb687a50ae2e5d97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(C)(vi), by striking <quote>including migrant and seasonal Head Start programs and Indian Head Start programs</quote> and inserting <quote>including migrant or seasonal Head Start programs, Indian Head Start programs, and Native Hawaiian Head Start programs, as applicable</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide00869f698af450d9a5e143a6c29f159"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reallocations</header><text>Section 645 of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9840">42 U.S.C. 9840</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33306904c22d4261af6bc3cbe1cda99f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>(d)</quote> and all that following through <quote>(3) Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting <quote>(d)(1) Notwithstanding</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f9884ab4c5c4ad8a69a52ae0b7eff2b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6846fab1e7f40f291303661956977bf"><paragraph id="id9399d119fb0b45e6b5e505762102c46a" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a Native Hawaiian Head Start agency that operates both an Early Head Start program under section 645A and a Head Start program may, at its discretion, at any time during the grant period involved, reallocate funds between the Early Head Start program and the Head Start program in order to address fluctuations in client populations, including pregnant women and children from birth to compulsory school age. The reallocation of such funds between programs by a Native Hawaiian Head Start agency during a year shall not serve as the basis for the Secretary to reduce a base grant (as defined in section 640(a)(7)) for either program in succeeding years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id86ef10ed25a6426581156dd07f4b6f9a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Member priority selection</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03aa118ba4a04853819b4f1bdd7f5b00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 645 of the Head Start Act is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03eab4dd6d4f4f478de22954962fcf27"><subsection id="id98e14f8a767241f981f7f007504d92c5"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id00f0ba68292c4c3188905dc36a35907d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An Indian tribe that operates a Head Start program may, at its discretion, establish selection criteria, including criteria to prioritize children in families for which a child, a family member, or a member of the same household, is a member of an Indian tribe, to enroll children who would benefit from the Head Start program.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide91495c67c1847c8a229c081bfdcdac3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A Native Hawaiian Head Start agency may determine eligibility for Head Start services without regard to family income. Such agency shall establish selection criteria, consistent with community needs identified pursuant to this subchapter, to determine which children shall be enrolled and prioritized for services.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9de272f6a8a048f69946d314ceeade80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, is amended by striking section 238 of division D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9840">42 U.S.C. 9840</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5e4af04bf96c42cb95a4193db124a909"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Native Hawaiian Head Start flexibilities</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of the Head Start Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9831">42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after engagement with Native Hawaiian Head Start agencies that operate Native Hawaiian Head Start programs, including Native Hawaiian Early Head Start programs, shall promulgate regulations under such Act that provide flexibilities for Native Hawaiian Head Start programs (including Native Hawaiian Early Head Start programs) that are analogous to the flexibilities provided for Indian Head Start programs (including Indian Early Head Start programs), as appropriate, including with respect to impasse procedures, service areas, eligibility requirements, reallocation of funds across Head Start and Early Head Start programs, selection criteria, facilities, data systems, Native American cultural preservation and language revitalization activities, designation renewal, and replacement of grant recipients.</text></subsection></section><section id="id3026f5a6383f40388e192d4a9b4db7e4" commented="no"><enum>807.</enum><header>Addressing homelessness in BIE schools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 722(c)(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11432">42 U.S.C. 11432(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id15255f7f86374b5f96bab882abc1f93c" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31b9dbd405de4d5bb37184ff51461e9a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfac01e2a7c11489b94ceb362dea04842"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>2 percent, subject to subparagraph (C),</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31492ba5bb404350b3a5c72645f225ae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Of that transferred amount, not more than $250,000 may be used to provide grant funding to a nonprofit organization for technical assistance, including training, materials, grant application assistance, proper enumeration of children, capacity expansion, and coordination between the Bureau of Indian Education and schools funded by the Secretary of the Interior.</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbf1f87e6a7b4874870293265ef5bd5f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by adding at the end the following: <quote>Such agreement shall also provide that the transferred funds described in clause (i) may be used for emergency housing for students.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id681365c937e34cccb65726d7c63077b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec8b17aca06d4857a6ebd574a8601a81"><subparagraph id="idb1eae277a65b42879a5452eb421a4bd4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><text>For any fiscal year in which, after the application of subparagraph (A), the amount of an allotment under paragraph (1) to a State for a fiscal year would be less than the amount that such State received under such paragraph for fiscal year 2024 (referred to in this subparagraph as the <quote>FY 2024 amount</quote>), the Secretary shall reduce the percentage reserved under subparagraph (B) in order to provide each State with the FY 2024 amount, except that in no case shall the Secretary reduce such percentage to less than 1 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ideb8b353e92784f838497abe0e2ec6012"><enum>808.</enum><header>Bureau of Indian Education Behavioral Health and Wellness Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part B of title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2000">25 U.S.C. 2000 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 1139 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2019">25 U.S.C. 2019</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76f255be7df2426e96ed215dc82a582f"><section id="id728a040a90be41579d309372d09e282a"><enum>1139A.</enum><header>Behavioral Health and Wellness Program</header><subsection id="id3902763f263245698ef9af99325fb84c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idd94155bcd7544d72be65ba1c88636eb9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible recipient</header><text>The term <term>eligible recipient</term> means any student or staff or faculty member at a Bureau-funded school.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3be063d36b0b4b7e8b1a92efcf8c647b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the Behavioral Health and Wellness Program established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id10f12833a13448fcab5977c5b09dcb91"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id238aaab71cdc467b856bae0578891880"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>Behavioral Health and Wellness Program</quote>, to fill existing behavioral health gaps across Bureau-funded schools, including dormitories.</text></subsection><subsection id="idda03c60123da4b1aa58a6ce5d334df41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Services</header><text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall provide to eligible recipients, subject to the availability of funding, and at the discretion of the leadership of the applicable Bureau-funded school—</text><paragraph id="id2350ada7c3ea4ca3beca8497016b628e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>virtual counseling services;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf5cea8bce6b94eb486d5755eccb716ee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for immediate crisis support relating to behavioral health;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9d603583d224dedab4628bdeb6f7345"><enum>(3)</enum><text>crisis response and support services; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63315f47ba21420f87b5804447a7f214"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such other behavioral health services as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id524a725beaff4cd2952e4697a6163862"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contracting authority</header><text>For purposes of providing any service described in subsection (c), the Secretary may enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or interagency agreement, as applicable, with—</text><paragraph id="id22f2d553152a49a5a8a4085635a70326"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a relevant Federal partner; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03d78f5a00bd46119847789c87caa56d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an entity that has a demonstrated record of providing behavioral health services and working with tribes, Bureau-funded schools, and Indian students.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea23f53d15c1455d892d76f1dc50a759"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Training and technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide training and technical assistance to Bureau-funded schools that implement services described in subsection (c) or any other additional behavioral health services.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide0ec6c5637824ac9a425305b912ac55b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Continuation of program</header><text>The program carried out under this section shall be a continuation of the Behavioral Health and Wellness Program carried out by the Bureau of Indian Education that terminated on January 31, 2026.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4b6efe65efcd46bc915fa642c98d4805"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idcc6c2f33273b421e8d998dcad9f1a0d1"><enum>809.</enum><header>Alaska Tribal School Program</header><subsection id="idbcf0dde869824894a5dabcab7b2510f1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2511">25 U.S.C. 2511</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cb68d5bb26f406aa8be3cf3bb590b82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id762555da86784d798c5f4439612c4779"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa2075bdc0f34a618b7c424015b23042"><paragraph id="id540d1dc2ff0941659fac1cf7da373d77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alaska tribal school</header><text>The term <term>Alaska Tribal school</term> means a full-time public school program operated in Alaska by—</text><subparagraph id="id4e111c59ea7e4473954f3d84aeedf615"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3eb21744e01f40c4b1199d28f699aa88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Tribal organization (as defined in that section); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda1e51fc25c740708112dea87e7f8606"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a public or public charter school that—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cbd468672804d51a69e5d97b65d3f20"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operates specifically to serve Alaska Native students; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96d39caab499414bb0cbdcb3cadf22dd"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a resolution of support from an Indian Tribe (as so defined).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6260c1c0c8e14635968bda3c36fdcb95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alaska Tribal school program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4efe04c7641d41bf932623ad109bda17"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id44d490bd6a0a47f8ac911404facd181d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating sections 5209 through 5212 (25 U.S.C. 2508 through 2511) as sections 5210 through 5213, respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1bc07093d0b43b89282c1cb10c9322e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after section 5208 the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f7181ee3cdb4c2f98a67bd49a0b7112"><section id="idd91ebdf8df934d4e97f2db322cf66c8d"><enum>5209.</enum><header>Alaska tribal school program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id802d203338b1496d99095516bcfafe10"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ISDEAA terms</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>Indian Tribe</term> and <term>Tribal organization</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id7bc771a8fd114dc1b04774d5ea4abf4f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program within the Department of the Interior to provide grants to—</text><paragraph id="id3327483df71e401686ad64002d539f51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that operate a public or public charter school in Alaska that has been certified as an Alaska Tribal school by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68735db060b746c2a9f1a05c5798d425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a public or public charter school operated specifically to serve Alaska Native students that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b9e6803e4864c7496211fed94ef8b32"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a resolution of support from an Indian Tribe; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66b8d467372e4cd28db7046272baa6d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been certified as an Alaska Tribal school by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa54ed34d0de438ca839374b95beddfd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant amounts</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30e7f229828448aa8120254f641d033b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the amounts of grants awarded under this section based on a per-student formula determined through a negotiated rulemaking with Alaska Tribal schools in existence on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026</short-title>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc36f8c29a574438c8b164f7648c276d0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The formula determined under paragraph (1) shall consider—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9c65ce160974e2c868a33afdfa7c204"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the hours served per day by the applicable Alaska Tribal school;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id371c2c4960474b539d6bf46ef2b2c6d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the grades served by the Alaska Tribal school;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d189ce504174638ac5d7f05aeba279e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the isolation of the Alaska Tribal school;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id779d6711708c4e5896ef965d38426fcd"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of living of the area served by the Alaska Tribal school; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id511816474896487e96f9e61782a7c828"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional costs associated with Native language programs, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0fdcfc2d0da24e248ae5695dc5b76de0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a grant awarded under this section may be used for any of the following:</text><paragraph id="idb8800a78939d410ab2be0fde7e855142"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Expenditures for education-related activities, including school operations, academics, extracurricular programs, residential offerings, guidance and counseling, and administrative purposes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide907d1ef97004f388e647dd509f222dc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Support services for the applicable Alaska Tribal school, including transportation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0bb6e7ccffb443e0afbbebb3e1221247"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideedfc609613242278f1d9ffdbc748dcd"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not more than 1 grant may be awarded under this section with respect to any Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or public charter school each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b85c1419e4046f28f814cc57bf6f1af"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No acquisition of real property or construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this section may not be used—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5fd587272fb49d59c95a3619fb173b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to acquire real property; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f2be837f7d1431481681ea8d8a9924f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to construct a facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea2343d61deb4f40a46a85006ac1ef7d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application</header><paragraph id="idf8fa94ab68f04461a485552bc6d620d4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian self-determination and education assistance act</header><text>Indian Tribes may include funding provided under this section in contracts or compacts made with the Department of the Interior under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5301">25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23da7119259d4780ad814f5366159d65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Endowments</header><text>Section 5212 shall apply to Alaska Tribal schools receiving a grant under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2004da66f26a4dd6aa60c2a1e2073c29"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual requirements</header><paragraph id="idf9eb40055830444b94e06be9305d3f86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an Alaska Tribal school is eligible for assistance under this section, the eligibility determination shall remain in effect until the determination is revoked by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id611c002bd3d14591852435c67aa1ce5f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Each recipient of a grant awarded under this section shall complete, and submit to the applicable Tribal council and the Secretary, an annual report, which shall include—</text><subparagraph id="ide175b0f0980a44f29e75ebe78a11f7b6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the activities carried out using grant funds;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7330daf32d64e5d9307870245192d5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information on how those activities supported student academic achievement, student well-being, and other student outcomes identified by the applicable Indian Tribe or Tribal organization; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0a38462b2fe3483d9e25fd4f4b3de00c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations on how to improve the program under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id19f5f329182e4e2c93ada95feb7941f8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4b6fbb4e10f4418b423f37980b28ef9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce8929c2859d4bd989118d2d9c4c1fad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 5204(b) of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2503">25 U.S.C. 2503(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91edf3f8459b47dcaf2dd8bd3e90085c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A)—</text><subclause id="id0fca5fc6ba244ac2b28d8d0a5dd1c309"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 5204(a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(2)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id0931931130404e75872c38c6466ee965"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 5204(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ddd0c4fbd4c4f4088845cac84feca61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of paragraphs (4)(B)(iv) and (5)(B), by striking <quote>section 5209(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 5208(e)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id627707c2a1df45f580b4f4be934ad94a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 1001(a)(6) of the Energy Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6371k">42 U.S.C. 6371k(a)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2511">25 U.S.C. 2511</external-xref>))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 5213 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988)</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08e6d61ace17429a8fb34b1f30c388ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 741(a)(5)(A)(v) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/16091">42 U.S.C. 16091(a)(5)(A)(v)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>section 5212 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/2511">25 U.S.C. 2511</external-xref>))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 5213 of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>