Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026

This bill sets up several new federal programs and advisory groups aimed at Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children and families. It creates a Justice Department advisory committee on Tribal juvenile justice, requires a study of missing Native children cases, and creates an Alaska Native Victim Services Fund that gives grants and loans for victim services. It adds Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian domestic violence resource centers, grants for Tribal domestic violence coalitions, and a national 24-hour Indian domestic violence hotline. It also puts the Interior Department's Tiwahe family services initiative into law and creates a Tribal Health Research Office and Tribal advisory committee at the National Institutes of Health. The bill text also lists sections on health, nutrition, housing, child care, and education.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Lisa Murkowski Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors