00                           HOUSE BILL NO. 184                                                                           
01 "An Act requiring state participation in a tribal child welfare compact."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 47.05 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read:                                     
04 Sec. 47.05.110. Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact. The state shall                                                  
05 participate in a tribal child welfare compact with Alaska tribes and tribal organizations                               
06 for the administration of child welfare services by the tribes or tribal organizations.                                 
07 The compact is a written agreement between the state and Alaska tribes and tribal                                       
08 organizations that affirms the government-to-government relationship between the                                        
09       state and tribes.