[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3387. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3378 proposed by Mr. 
Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Durbin) to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 7__. GAO REPORT ON GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).
       (2) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 250 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to Congress a report--
       (1) listing each Federal grant relating to mental health or 
     substance abuse available to an Indian tribe or a tribal 
     organization;
       (2) describing the number of Indian tribes and tribal 
     organizations receiving a grant described in paragraph (1);
       (3) listing each Indian tribe and tribal organization that 
     received a grant described in paragraph (1) during the period 
     beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on the date of 
     enactment of this Act;
       (4) identifying areas in which Federal agencies can 
     increase coordination and collaboration to improve the 
     ability of an Indian tribe or tribal organization to receive 
     a grant described in paragraph (1); and
       (5) identifying barriers that Indian tribes or tribal 
     organizations frequently encounter when seeking a grant 
     described in paragraph (1).
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