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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Jul 14, 2016
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Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2015
(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.
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(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. Civil liability limitations apply to approved integration plans.
People & committees
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R–AK
Legislative record
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Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5187-5190; text as passed Senate: CR S5187-5190)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S5187-5190; text as passed Senate: CR S5187-5190)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-225.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-225.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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