Legislative News

On July 6, 2021, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) tweeted that he plans to introduce the Tribal Digital Divide Act again. This bill establishes an interagency coordination program for tribal access to broadband service and further expands broadband access on tribal land, including by setting aside certain funds for its deployment and establishing a pilot program …

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S. 1895: A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian Health Service, and for other purposes. TEXT: Section 1. Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction Program funding       (a) Findings Congress finds that—            (1) the COVID–19 crisis has …

S. 1895, a bill to require HHS to award additional funds through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program, introduced in the Senate and referred to SCIA. Read More »

This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and otherwise revises certain programs related to the prevention, investigation, treatment, and prosecution of family violence, child abuse, and child neglect involving Indian children and families.