118th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 2762: Tribal Family Fairness Act
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- Introduced (completed)
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Summary
This bill revises two programs to provide tribes with additional resources for child and family services.
First, the bill revises the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families program by
- establishing a minimum grant award for tribes,
- increasing funds reserved for state court improvement grants,
- increasing the set-aside for tribes or tribal consortia,
- exempting certain plans from reporting requirements,
- allowing funds to be used for tribal customary adoptions,
- authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and
- allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap.
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In addition, the bill revises the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program by
- modifying reporting requirements,
- authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and
- allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- Sharice Davids D-KSOriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- Cori Bush D-MO
- Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX
- Pramila Jayapal D-WA
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- David Trone D-MD
Who scored on this bill
- 1Sydney Kamlager-Dove SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.