{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-663","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 663","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Native American Child Protection Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Native American Child Protection Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Native American Child Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Native American Child Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Native American Child Protection Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Native American Child Protection Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-160","introduced":"2023-01-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-09-18","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h394","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Native American Child Protection Act","result":"Passed","yea":378,"nay":32,"present":0,"not_voting":22,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll394.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2024-12-17","vote":null,"how":"voice_vote","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-12-23"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-160.","date":"2024-12-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-12-23","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Native American Child Protection Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act revises certain programs related to the prevention, investigation, treatment, and prosecution of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect involving Indian children and families."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the act revises the Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program to encourage the use of grants for culturally appropriate treatment services and programs."},{"k":"p","t":"The act renames the Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers as the National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center. It also requires the center to (1) provide advice, technical assistance, and training to urban Indian organizations; (2) develop certain technical assistance materials for Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations; and (3) develop model intergovernmental agreements between tribes and states to prevent, investigate, treat, and prosecute incidents of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect involving Indian children and families."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the act revises the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Program to allow Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and intertribal consortia to use program funds for additional activities, such as operational costs for child protective services."}],"words":175},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to change programs on the prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse, child neglect and family violence involving Indian children and families.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}]},"core_areas":["Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program","National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center","Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Program funding and formula"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Changes the Indian child abuse treatment grant program so that the Service, rather than the Secretary of Health and Human Services, awards the grants, and directs the Service to encourage culturally appropriate treatment services and programs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}},{"text":"Requires the Service to submit a report to Congress, not later than 2 years after enactment, on grants awarded under the treatment grant program, including how grantees used the funds.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center not later than 1 year after enactment, in place of the existing Centers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to establish a 12-member advisory board to advise and assist the Center, with members appointed from Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}},{"text":"Adds to the permitted uses of grant funds under the Indian child protection and family violence prevention program the development of agreements between Tribes, States or private agencies, child protective services operational costs, and the development of a Tribal child protection or multidisciplinary team.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H14CA9420D75742F2AEBF627912C40B79:~:text=2.%20Indian%20child%20protection%20and%20family%20violence"}},{"text":"States that no additional amounts are authorized to carry out the Act and that its programs, projects and activities are subject to the availability of appropriations made in advance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr#H355900B767EB4B5F854051114CB6E8F7:~:text=3.%20Limitation%20on%20appropriations"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/663/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-663.png","v":"e26166dfada4","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 663, 118th Congress: Native American Child Protection Act. House: 378 Yea, 32 Nay. Senate: voice vote. Outcome: Became law, 23 Dec 2024."}}