Indian Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act

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Introduced

13 June 1985

Last action

19 September 1986 · Floor

Status

Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

Summary

Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act - Title I: Inter-Departmental Agreement - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement to coordinate specified efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) and the Indian Health Service relating to alcohol and drug abuse programs for Indian youth. Provides for the biennial review of such agreement by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon a tribe's request, to coordinate resources and services related to alcohol and drug abuse with any Indian tribe. Title II: Education - Requires Bureau schools and schools operated under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide instruction on alcohol and drug abuse to students in kindergarten and grades one through 12. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish, on a quarterly basis, an alcohol and drug abuse newsletter and to circulate it to specified Government agencies that provide such alcohol and drug abuse-related services to Indian people. Title III: Family and Social Services - Requires any initial training program for new community health representatives and community health aids funded under the Bureau to include not less than two weeks of training on the problems of alcohol and drug abuse, including instruction in crisis intervention, family relations, juvenile alcohol and drug abuse, and the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide training in alcohol and drug abuse problems to specified schools, Indian Health Service personnel, and others. Title IV: Law Enforcement - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the U.S. Attorney General, to promulgate guidelines under which any tribal or Federal law enforcement officer may place an Indian juvenile who has been arrested for alcohol or drug abuse in a facility other than an emergency shelter or a community-based alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility. Requires such guidelines to be made available to any State which exercises criminal jurisdiction over Indian country. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to establish temporary emergency shelters to house Indian juveniles who have been arrested for offenses related to alcohol or drug abuse. Requires the Bureau to prescribe standards by which such shelters shall become licensed. Title V: Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation - Requires the President to include in the budget submitted to the Congress a request for funds to establish a program that provides alcohol and drug abuse treatment services (including detoxification and counseling services, and follow-up care in Indian Health Service facilities and in facilities operated under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) to Indian juveniles. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to relevant congressional committees on the progress of such treatment to Indian juveniles. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to complete a study to determine: (1) the size of the Indian population in need of residential alcohol and drug abuse treatment; (2) the location of facilities at which such treatment is available or could be made available; and (3) the cost of providing such treatment. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with Indian tribes and the Secretary of the Interior, to identify and utilize existing facilities owned by the Government or an Indian tribe, or local community or private hospitals, for use as residential alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers for Indian juveniles. Title VI: Definitions, Effective Date, and Authorization of Appropriations - Sets forth definitions and the effective date. Authorizes appropriations.

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Timeline

13 June 1985
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
13 June 1985
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 1985
Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-286.
Source: Committee
25 October 1985
Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held at Anchorage, AK. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-365.
Source: Committee
7 November 1985
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
16 December 1985
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488.
Source: Calendars
16 December 1985
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-223.
Source: Committee
16 December 1985
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Andrews with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 99-223.
Source: Committee
19 December 1985
Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
19 December 1985
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
16 September 1986
Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
16 September 1986
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
16 September 1986
Passed
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
19 September 1986
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Source: Floor

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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 16 September 1986
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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 19 December 1985
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