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H.R. 228 · 115th Congress

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

Law · 115-93
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  1. House Introduced Jan 3, 2017
  2. House Passed Feb 27, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Nov 29, 2017
  4. President To the President Dec 6, 2017
  5. President Signed Dec 18, 2017

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 18, 2017

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 27, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992 to rename the Act to the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 1992 and to revise the program that provides for the integration of employment, training, and related services programs for Indian tribes.

(Sec. 6) The bill revises the types of programs that may be integrated.

(Sec. 8) The bill revises the process for: (1) federal agencies to grant or deny a tribe's request to waive statutory, regulatory, or administrative requirements to efficiently implement an integration plan; and (2) the Department of the Interior to approve or disapprove an integration plan. A tribe is granted certain hearing and appeal rights if Interior disapproves its plan.

(Sec. 10) Tribal authority to use funds to place participants in training positions with employers is revised.

(Sec. 13) The Bureau of Indian Affairs must receive and distribute funds for use in accordance with an approved integration plan.

(Sec. 14) Funds transferred to a tribe must be treated as non-federal funds for purposes of meeting matching requirements, except funds administered by the Department of Labor or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Civil liability limitations apply to approved integration plans.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017

Latest action (Dec 18, 2017): Signed by President.

Policy area: Native Americans · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 3, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jan 3, 2017
  2. House Passed Feb 27, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Nov 29, 2017
  4. President To the President Dec 6, 2017
  5. President Signed Dec 18, 2017

No recorded floor vote found.