Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 18, 2017 Became Public Law No: 115-93.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseFeb 27, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 29, 2017
- To the PresidentDec 6, 2017
- Became lawDec 18, 2017
Summary
(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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2017Became Public Law No: 115-93.
- Dec 18, 2017Signed by President.
- Dec 6, 2017Presented to President.
- Nov 30, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 29, 2017Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7490)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 91 | Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Apr 25, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Administrative remedies
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of the Interior
- Economic development
- Employment and training programs
- Evidence and witnesses
- Federal-Indian relations
- Indian claims
- Indian social and development programs
- Minority employment
- Native Americans
- State and local government operations
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Feb 28, 2017Received in Senate
- Feb 27, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.