US Congress House Bill 4744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SAFETY Act Safe Academic Facilities and Environments for Tribal Youth Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to carry out a Tribal School Construction Demonstration Program to award grants to Indian tribes for the construction of replacement tribal schools. The program provides additional funding and opportunities for tribes to construct schools. Tribes on the Interior priority list for construction of tribal schools receive the highest priority for a grant under this program. This bill amends the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 to revise the grant program for construction at tribal colleges and universities. The bill eliminates the requirements for Interior to identify the need for construction and tribal colleges and universities to provide matching funds. Restrictions on grant amounts and the use of constructed facilities are removed. This bill amends the Housing Act of 1949 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to award grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal housing entities for the construction or renovation of housing in rural areas for educators at Indian schools and schools where at least 25% of the students are Indian. The Bureau of Indian Education and the Office of Management and Budget must develop a 10-year plan to bring up to good condition certain Bureau of Indian Education school facilities. The Government Accountability Office must report on Impact Aid for construction provided to local education agencies impacted by military dependent children and children who reside on Indian lands.

SAFETY Act Safe Academic Facilities and Environments for Tribal Youth Act

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2016-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2016-03-15	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2016-03-15	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2016-03-15	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-03-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2016-03-15	House	Introduced in House

SB2468 (Same As) 2016-04-27 - Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4744/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4744/BILLS-114hr4744ih.pdf