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To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure that Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations receive equitable distribution of child abuse prevention and treatment assistance. The bill allocates 5 percent of annual appropriations to make direct allotments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for child abuse prevention and treatment programs. An additional 1 percent of appropriations continues to support migrant programs. The amendments ensure that Tribes are included in the geographical distribution of assistance under the federal child abuse prevention framework.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Mar 24, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 24, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 24, 2026
Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “American Indian and Alaska Native Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act”, the “AI/AN Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act”, or “AI/AN CAPTA”.
SEC. 2. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT AMENDMENTS.
(a) Geographical Distribution.—Section 108(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106d(b)) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting “Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations,” after “the States,”.
(b) Allocation of Amounts.—Section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) is amended—
(1) by striking “section 210” each place it appears and inserting “section 209”; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking “1 percent” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “, of the amount appropriated under section 209 for a fiscal year—
“(1) 5 percent of the amount to make allotments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations; and
“(2) 1 percent of the amount to make allotments to migrant programs.”. <all>
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