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Calendar No. 715 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1942 

[Report No. 115–411] 

To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement 

and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2017 

Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. TESTER, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Ms. WARREN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. SMITH, Ms. 

CANTWELL, Mr. UDALL, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

DECEMBER 4, 2018 

Reported by Mr. HOEVEN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop 

law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Savanna’s Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) On some reservations, Indian women are 

6 murdered at more than 10 times the national aver7 age. 

8 (2) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

9 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

10 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 

11 sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races. 

12 (3) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

13 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi14 enced violence in their lifetime. 

15 (4) According to the Centers for Disease Con16 trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 

17 cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 

18 Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 

19 the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 

20 and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 

21 of age. 

22 (5) According to a 2010 Government Account23 ability Office report, United States Attorneys de24 clined to prosecute nearly 52 percent of violent 

25 crimes that occur in Indian country. 


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1 (6) Investigation into cases of missing and mur2 dered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal law 

3 enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

4 such as— 

5 (A) necessary training, equipment, or 

6 funding; 

7 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 

8 (C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 

9 (7) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

10 exists in Indian country— 

11 (A) has a significant negative impact on 

12 the ability to provide public safety to Indian 

13 communities; 

14 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

15 criminals; and 

16 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

17 and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 

18 State law enforcement officials. 

19 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

20 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

21 State, Tribal, and local governments with respect to 

22 responding to cases of missing and murdered Indi23 ans; 


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1 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

2 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce3 ment agencies; 

4 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re5 sources and information necessary to effectively re6 spond to cases of missing and murdered Indians; 

7 and 

8 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

9 missing and murdered Indian women and the shar10 ing of information among Federal, State, and Tribal 

11 officials responsible for responding to and inves12 tigating cases of missing and murdered Indians. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) FEDERAL DATABASES.—The term ‘‘Federal 

16 databases’’ means— 

17 (A) the National Crime Information Center 

18 database; 

19 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

20 (C) the Integrated Automated Fingerprint 

21 Identification System; 

22 (D) the Violent Criminal Apprehension 

23 Program; 

24 (E) the National Missing and Unidentified 

25 Persons System; and 


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1 (F) other Federal databases relevant to re2 sponding to cases of missing and murdered In3 dians. 

4 (2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a 

5 member of an Indian Tribe. 

6 (3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun7 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

8 of title 18, United States Code. 

9 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

10 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

11 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

12 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

13 (5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

14 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Tribal, Federal, 

15 State, or local law enforcement agency. 

16 SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO FEDERAL CRIME 

17 INFORMATION DATABASES. 

18 (a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—Not later 

19 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

20 Attorney General shall update the online data entry for21 mat for Federal databases to include a new data field for 

22 users to input the victim’s Tribal enrollment information 

23 or affiliation, as appropriate. 

24 (b) CONSULTATION.— 


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1 (1) INITIAL CONSULTATION.—Not later than 

2 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

3 Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretary 

4 of the Interior, shall complete a formal consultation 

5 with Indian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal 

6 data relevance and access to Federal databases, 

7 which shall also inform the development of law en8 forcement and justice protocols under section 5(a). 

9 (2) ANNUAL CONSULTATION.—Section 903(b) 

10 of the Violence Against Women and Department of 

11 Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 

12 20126) is amended— 

13 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) enhancing the safety of Indian women 

16 from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as17 sault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe19 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) improving access to local, regional, State, 

22 and Federal crime information databases and crimi23 nal justice information systems.’’. 

24 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

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1 pare and submit a report to the Committee on Indian Af2 fairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 

3 and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Com4 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

5 that includes— 

6 (1) the results of the formal consultation de7 scribed in subsection (b)(1); 

8 (2) a description of the outstanding barriers In9 dian Tribes face in acquiring full access to Federal 

10 databases and related national crime information 

11 systems; and 

12 (3) the plan of action of the Department of 

13 Justice to— 

14 (A) implement suggestions received from 

15 Indian Tribes through the consultation process; 

16 and 

17 (B) resolve the outstanding barriers de18 scribed under paragraph (2). 

19 SEC. 5. STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO 

20 CASES OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIANS. 

21 (a) STANDARDIZED PROTOCOLS FOR MISSING AND

22 MURDERED INDIANS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the consultation process described in section 4(b)(1), 

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1 retary of the Interior and in consultation with In2 dian Tribes, shall— 

3 (A) review existing (as of the date of the 

4 review) law enforcement and justice protocols 

5 appropriate to missing and murdered Indians; 

6 and 

7 (B) recommend such existing protocols, re8 vise such existing protocols, or develop new pro9 tocols, as necessary, to establish protocols to 

10 serve as guidelines for law enforcement agencies 

11 with respect to missing and murdered Indians. 

12 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Attorney Gen13 eral shall make the protocols under paragraph (1) 

14 publicly available and shall distribute them to law 

15 enforcement agencies. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The standardized protocols 

17 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

18 (1) Guidance on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 

19 among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed20 eral, State, and local levels. 

21 (2) Standards on the collection, reporting, and 

22 analysis of data and information on missing persons 

23 and unidentified human remains appropriate to Indi24 ans, including standards on entering information to 

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1 tain timeframe after receiving the missing persons 

2 report. 

3 (3) Guidance on improving law enforcement re4 sponse rates and follow-up to cases of missing and 

5 murdered Indians. 

6 (4) Methods to ensure access to victim services 

7 for Indian victims and their families. 

8 (c) DIRECTIONS TO UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.— 

9 (1) DIRECTIONS.—Not later than 240 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

11 General shall direct United States attorneys with ju12 risdiction to prosecute crimes in Indian country 

13 under sections 1152 and 1153 of title 18, United 

14 States Code, to develop written standard protocols to 

15 investigate cases of missing and murdered Indians 

16 that— 

17 (A) are guided by the standardized proto18 cols under subsection (a); 

19 (B) are developed in consultation with In20 dian Tribes and other Federal partners, includ21 ing— 

22 (i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga23 tion; 

24 (ii) the Department of the Interior; 

25 (iii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 


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1 (iv) the Indian Health Service; 

2 (C) detail specific responsibilities of each 

3 Federal partner; and 

4 (D) shall be implemented not later than 60 

5 days after the direction is issued. 

6 (2) ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS.—Not later than 

7 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

8 Attorney General shall direct United States attor9 neys with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes in Indian 

10 Country from an authority other than section 1152 

11 or 1153 of title 18, United States Code, to discuss 

12 the Federal response to cases of missing and mur13 dered Indians with their Tribal partners and Federal 

14 partners as appropriate during annual consultations. 

15 (d) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

16 Attorney General shall provide Indian Tribes and law en17 forcement agencies with training and technical assistance 

18 relating to the development and implementation of the law 

19 enforcement and justice protocols of the Indian Tribes and 

20 agencies, respectively, in accordance with the standardized 

21 protocols under subsection (a). 

22 (e) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 18 months after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act, Federal law enforce24 ment agencies with jurisdiction to investigate and pros25 ecute crimes relating to missing and murdered Indians 


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1 shall modify the law enforcement and justice protocols of 

2 the agency to satisfactorily comply with the standardized 

3 protocols under subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) Beginning in the first fiscal year after the date 

6 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the At7 torney General and the Secretary of the Interior shall 

8 jointly prepare and submit a report, to the Committee on 

9 Indian Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

10 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the 

11 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa12 tives, that— 

13 (1) includes known statistics on missing and 

14 murdered Indian women in the United States; 

15 (2) provides recommendations regarding how to 

16 improve data collection on missing and murdered In17 dian women; and 

18 (3) includes information relevant to the imple19 mentation of the standardized protocols developed 

20 under section 5(a). 

21 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Savanna’s Act’’. 

23 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) On some reservations, Indian women are 

2 murdered at more than 10 times the national average. 

3 (2) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

4 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

5 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or sex6 ual assault crimes—compared to all other races ac7 cording to the National Congress of American Indi8 ans. 

9 (3) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

10 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi11 enced violence in their lifetime according to the Na12 tional Institute of Justice. 

13 (4) More than 4 in 5 American Indian and 

14 Alaska Native men, or 81.6 percent, have experienced 

15 violence in their lifetime according to the National 

16 Institute of Justice. 

17 (5) According to the Centers for Disease Control 

18 and Prevention, homicide is the third leading cause 

19 of death among American Indian and Alaska Native 

20 women between 10 and 24 years of age and the fifth 

21 leading cause of death for American Indian and Alas22 ka Native women between 25 and 34 years of age. 

23 (6) Investigation into cases of missing and mur24 dered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal law 


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1 enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, such 

2 as— 

3 (A) necessary training, equipment, or fund4 ing; 

5 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 

6 (C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 

7 (7) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

8 exists in Indian country— 

9 (A) has a significant negative impact on the 

10 ability to provide public safety to Indian com11 munities; 

12 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

13 criminals; and 

14 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

15 and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 

16 State law enforcement officials. 

17 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

18 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

19 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 

20 with respect to responding to cases of missing and 

21 murdered Indians; 

22 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

23 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce24 ment agencies, including medical examiner and cor25 oner offices; 


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1 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re2 sources and information necessary to effectively re3 spond to cases of missing and murdered Indians; and 

4 (4) to increase the collection of data related to 

5 missing and murdered Indian men and women and 

6 the sharing of information among Federal, State, and 

7 Tribal officials responsible for responding to and in8 vestigating cases of missing and murdered Indians. 

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) DATABASES.—The term ‘‘databases’’ 

12 means— 

13 (A) the National Crime Information Center 

14 database; 

15 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

16 (C) the Next Generation Identification Sys17 tem; and 

18 (D) any other database relevant to respond19 ing to cases of missing and murdered Indians, 

20 including that under the Violent Criminal Ap21 prehension Program and the National Missing 

22 and Unidentified Persons System. 

23 (2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a mem24 ber of an Indian Tribe. 


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1 (3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun2 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

3 of title 18, United States Code. 

4 (4) INDIAN LAND.—The term ‘‘Indian land’’ 

5 means— 

6 (A) Indian lands, as defined in section 3 of 

7 the Native American Business Development, 

8 Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 

9 U.S.C. 4302); and 

10 (B) land owned by a Regional Corporation 

11 or Village Corporation, as such terms are defined 

12 in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle13 ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

14 (5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

15 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in sec16 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu17 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

18 (6) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

19 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Tribal, Federal, 

20 State, or local law enforcement agency. 

21 SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. 

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1 tion or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Federal 

2 databases. 

3 (b) CONSULTATION.— 

4 (1) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

6 General, in cooperation with the Secretary of the In7 terior, shall complete a formal consultation with In8 dian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal data 

9 relevance and access to databases. 

10 (2) ANNUAL CONSULTATION.—Section 903(b) of 

11 the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus12 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20126) 

13 is amended— 

14 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) enhancing the safety of Indian women from 

17 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

18 homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

20 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(4) improving access to local, regional, State, 

23 and Federal crime information databases and crimi24 nal justice information systems.’’. 


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1 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall— 

3 (1) develop and implement a dissemination 

4 strategy to notify United States citizens of the Na5 tional Missing and Unidentified Persons System; and 

6 (2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes re7 garding the ability to publicly enter information, 

8 through the National Missing and Unidentified Per9 sons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive 

10 portal, regarding missing persons, which may include 

11 family members and other known acquaintances. 

12 SEC. 5. GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO CASES OF MISS13 ING AND MURDERED INDIANS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

15 date on which the consultation described in section 4(b)(1) 

16 is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United 

17 States attorneys with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes in In18 dian country under sections 1152 and 1153 of title 18, 

19 United States Code, or any other provision of law, as part 

20 of the annual consultations on sexual violence by United 

21 States attorneys with Indian Tribes and Federal partners, 

22 to develop guidelines to respond to cases of missing and 

23 murdered Indians that shall include— 

24 (1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 

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1 eral, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdic2 tional enforcement of protection orders and detailing 

3 specific responsibilities of each law enforcement agen4 cy; 

5 (2) best practices in conducting searches for 

6 missing persons on Indian land; 

7 (3) standards on the collection, reporting, and 

8 analysis of data and information on missing persons 

9 and unidentified human remains, and information on 

10 culturally appropriate identification and handling of 

11 human remains identified as Indian, including guid12 ance stating that all appropriate information related 

13 to missing and murdered Indians be entered in a 

14 timely manner into applicable databases; 

15 (4) guidance on which law enforcement agency is 

16 responsible for inputting information into appro17 priate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal 

18 law enforcement agency does not have access to those 

19 appropriate databases; 

20 (5) guidelines on improving law enforcement 

21 agency response rates and follow-up responses to cases 

22 of missing and murdered Indians; and 

23 (6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally 

24 appropriate victim services for victims and their fam25 ilies. 


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1 (b) CONSULTATION.—United States attorneys shall de2 velop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in con3 sultation with Indian Tribes and other Federal partners, 

4 including— 

5 (1) the Department of Justice; 

6 (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

7 (3) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

8 (4) Tribal, State, and local law enforcement 

9 agencies; 

10 (5) medical examiners; 

11 (6) coroners; and 

12 (7) Tribal, State, and local organizations that 

13 provide victim services. 

14 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

16 the next sexual violence response annual consultation 

17 occurs in each region after the date of enactment of 

18 this Act, the United States attorneys shall modify the 

19 sexual violence response guidelines to incorporate the 

20 guidelines developed under subsection (a) and imple21 ment such modified guidelines. 

22 (2) MODIFICATION.—Each Federal law enforce23 ment agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, and 

24 protocols of the agency to incorporate the guidelines 

25 developed under subsection (a). 


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1 (3) DETERMINATION.—Not later than the end of 

2 each fiscal year beginning after the date the guide3 lines are established under this section and incor4 porated under this subsection, the Attorney General 

5 shall determine whether each Tribal, State, and local 

6 law enforcement agency has incorporated guidelines 

7 into their respective guidelines, policies, and proto8 cols. 

9 (4) PREFERENCE.—For each of fiscal years 2019 

10 through 2023, for the fiscal year in which a grant 

11 was solicited, the Attorney General shall give affirma12 tive preference to all National Institute of Justice and 

13 Office for Victims of Crime discretionary grant appli14 cations of a Tribal, State, or local law enforcement 

15 agency, or applications submitted on behalf of such 

16 law enforcement agencies by a local, State, or Tribal 

17 government, if the Attorney General has determined 

18 under paragraph (3) that the agency has incorporated 

19 the guidelines. 

20 (d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 30 days after 

21 compliance determinations are made each fiscal year in ac22 cordance with subsection (c)(3), the Attorney General 

23 shall— 

24 (1) disclose and publish, including on the website 

25 of the Department of Justice, the name of each Tribal, 


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1 State, or local law enforcement agency that the Attor2 ney General has determined has not incorporated 

3 guidelines in accordance with subsection (c)(3); and 

4 (2) if a law enforcement agency described in 

5 paragraph (1) subsequently receives a determination 

6 of compliance, the Attorney General shall— 

7 (A) immediately correct the applicable 

8 record; and 

9 (B) not later than 3 days after the deter10 mination, remove the record from the website of 

11 the Department of Justice and any other loca12 tion where the record was published. 

13 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The At14 torney General shall use the National Indian Country 

15 Training Initiative to provide training and technical as16 sistance to Indian Tribes and law enforcement agencies 

17 on— 

18 (1) implementing the guidelines developed under 

19 subsection (a) or developing and implementing locally 

20 specific guidelines or protocols for responding to cases 

21 of missing and murdered Indians; and 

22 (2) using the National Missing and Unidentified 

23 Persons System and accessing program services that 

24 will assist Indian Tribes with responding to cases of 

25 missing and murdered Indians. 


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1 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning in the first fis3 cal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

4 General shall include in its annual Indian Country Inves5 tigations and Prosecutions report to Congress information 

6 that— 

7 (1) includes known statistics on missing Indians 

8 in the United States, available to the Department of 

9 Justice, including— 

10 (A) age; 

11 (B) gender; 

12 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili13 ation, if available; 

14 (D) the current number of open cases per 

15 State; 

16 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

17 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

18 10 calendar years; and 

19 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

20 General determines is appropriate; 

21 (2) includes known statistics on murdered Indi22 ans in the United States, available to the Department 

23 of Justice, including— 

24 (A) age; 

25 (B) gender; 


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1 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili2 ation, if available; 

3 (D) the current number of open cases per 

4 State; 

5 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

6 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

7 10 calendar years; and 

8 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

9 General determines is appropriate; 

10 (3) maintains victim privacy to the greatest ex11 tent possible by excluding information that can be 

12 used on its own or with other information to identify, 

13 contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an 

14 individual in context; and 

15 (4) includes— 

16 (A) an explanation of why the statistics de17 scribed in paragraph (1) may not be comprehen18 sive; and 

19 (B) recommendations on how data collec20 tion on missing and murdered Indians may be 

21 improved. 

22 (b) COMPLIANCE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal 

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1 rate data for the annual report required under sub2 section (a), the Attorney General shall request all 

3 Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to 

4 submit to the Department of Justice, to the fullest ex5 tent possible, all relevant information required, as de6 termined by the Attorney General. 

7 (2) DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General shall 

8 disclose and publish annually, including on the 

9 website of the Department of Justice, the name of each 

10 Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency that 

11 the Attorney General has determined has not sub12 mitted the information requested under paragraph (1) 

13 for the fiscal year in which the report was published. 

14 (3) PREFERENCE.—For each of fiscal years 2019 

15 through 2023, for the fiscal year in which a grant 

16 was solicited, the Attorney General shall give affirma17 tive preference to all Department of Justice discre18 tionary grant applications of a Tribal, State, or local 

19 law enforcement agency, or applications submitted on 

20 behalf of such law enforcement agencies by a local, 

21 State, or Tribal government, that would aid in the 

22 implementation of the guidelines developed under sec23 tion 5 or help address the issue of missing and mur24 dered Indians, if the Attorney General has determined 

25 the agency has submitted the information requested 


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1 under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year in which the 

2 report was published. 

3 (c) INCLUSION OF GENDER IN MISSING AND UNIDEN4 TIFIED PERSONS STATISTICS.—Beginning in the first cal5 endar year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an6 nually thereafter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

7 include gender in its annual statistics on missing and un8 identified persons published on its public website. 


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Calendar No. 715 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1942 

[Report No. 115–411] 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to review, revise, 

dered Indians, and for other purposes. cols appropriate to address missing and murand develop law enforcement and justice protoDECEMBER 4, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


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