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H. Rept. 114-79 1 (2015-04-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-79 NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN'S SAFETY ACT APRIL 15, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1168] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1168) to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care placements are ordered in tribal court proceedings, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there- on without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 1168 is to amend the Indian Child Protec- tion and Family Violence Prevention Act to require background checks before foster care placements are ordered in tribal court pro- ceedings. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION H.R. 1168 amends current law to require tribal social service agencies to perform character background investigations of all fos- ter care parents and adults living in foster care homes, prior to placement of an Indian child into a foster home. Placement is dis- allowed if the background check reveals a federal, state, or tribal crime of child neglect or abuse. The need for the bill was highlighted in a June 24, 2014, hearing held by the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs,' to determine the state of child protection and safety on the Spirit 'Child Protection and the Justice System on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation: Hearing be- fore Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs of the House. Natural Resources Com- mittee, 113th Congress (2013). 49-006

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