Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/156

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104 STAT. 4546 PUBLIC LAW 101-630 —NOV. 28, 1990 (1) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior; (2) "child" means an individual who— (A) is not married, and (B) has not attained 18 years of age; (3) "child abuse" includes but is not limited to— (A) any case in which— (i) a child is dead or exhibits evidence of skin bruising, bleeding, malnutrition, failure to thrive, burns, fracture of any bone, subdural hematoma, soft tissue swelling, and (ii) such condition is not justifiably explained or may not be the product of an accidental occurrence; and (B) any case in which a child is subjected to sexual assault, sexual molestation, sexual exploitation, sexual contact, or prostitution; (4) "child neglect" includes but is not limited to, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a person, including a person responsible for the child's welfare, under circumstances which indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened thereby; (5) "family violence" means any act, or threatened act, of violence, including any forceful detention of an individual, which— (A) results, or threatens to result, in physical or mental injury, and (B) is committed by an individual against another individual— (i) to whom such person is, or was, related by blood or marriage or otherwise legally related, or (ii) with whom such person is, or was, residing; (6) "Indian" means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe; (7) "Indian child" has the meaning given to such term by section 4(4) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1903(4)); (8) "Indian country" has the meaning given to such term by section 1151 of title 18, United States Code; (9) "Indian reservation" means any Indian reservation, public domain Indian allotment, former Indian reservation in Oklahoma, or lands held by incorporated Native groups, regional corporations, or village corporations under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); (10) "Indian tribe" and "tribal organization" have the respective meanings given to each of such terms under section 4 of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b); (11) "inter-tribal consortium" means a partnership between— (A) an Indian tribe or tribal organization of an Indian tribe, and (B) one or more Indian tribes or tribal organizations of one or more other Indian tribes; (12) "local child protective services agency" means that agency of the Federal Government, of a State, or of an Indian tribe that has the primary responsibility for child protection on any Indian reservation or within any community in Indian country;