# 116-hr-4957: Native American Child Protection Act

116-hr-4957, Native American Child Protection Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4957
- Congress: 116
- Title: Native American Child Protection Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Introduced: 2019-10-31
- Sponsor: Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Native American Child Protection Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 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. Specifically, the bill revises the Indian Child Abuse Treatment Grant Program to encourage the use of grants for culturally appropriate treatment services and programs. The bill renames the Indian Child Resource and Family Services Centers as the National Indian Child Resource and Family Services Center. It also requires such 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. Additionally, the bill 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. It also revises the definition of child abuse to include psychological or verbal abuse that causes serious emotional or mental injury to a child.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] (R-CA), 2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] (R-OK), 2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-4957 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4957)

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