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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-103
TO AMEND THE ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMIS-
SION ON NATIVE CHILDREN ACT TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR A RE-
PORT BY THE ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMIS-
SION ON NATIVE CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
JULY 26, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 438]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 438) to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter
Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline
for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Com-
mission on Native Children, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and
recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R.438 is to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and
Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the
deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff
Commission on Native Children.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Chronic underfunding and insufficient access to federal grant
programs slow the efforts of tribal governments to address the
needs of Native American children.
The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Na-
tive Children Act1 established a commission in the Office of Tribal
Justice at the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a comprehen-
sive study of federal, state, and tribal programs that serve Native
American Children. The Commission, comprised of members with
1P.L. 114-244, 130 Stat. 981 (2016), https://uscode.house.gov/
statviewer.htm?volume=130&page=981 (not codified) (statutory compilation as amended through
Pub. L. No.116-94 at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-12220/pdf/COMPS-12220.pdf).
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