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Union Calendar No. 408 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2733 

[Report No. 116–508, Part I] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2019 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. COLE, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire, Ms. BASS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Ms. MOORE, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. STANTON, Mr. 

COOK, and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. 

STEWART, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 

BACON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Ms. 

HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. COX

of California, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. PAYNE, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HECK, Mr. CROW, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. TED

LIEU of California, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. TRONE, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. 

KIND, Ms. OMAR, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. COOPER, and Ms. TLAIB


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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Committee on Natural Resources discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 14, 2019] 

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. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

6 The purposes of this Act are— 

7 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

8 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 

9 with respect to responding to cases of missing or mur10 dered Indians; 

11 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

12 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce13 ment agencies, including medical examiner and cor14 oner offices; 

15 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re16 sources and information necessary to effectively re17 spond to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and 

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

19 missing or murdered Indian men, women, and chil20 dren, regardless of where they reside, and the sharing 

21 of information among Federal, State, and Tribal offi22 cials responsible for responding to and investigating 

23 cases of missing or murdered Indians. 

24 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this Act: 


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1 (1) CONFER.—The term ‘‘confer’’ has the mean2 ing given the term in section 514 of the Indian 

3 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1660d). 

4 (2) DATABASES.—The term ‘‘databases’’ 

5 means— 

6 (A) the National Crime Information Center 

7 database; 

8 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

9 (C) the Next Generation Identification Sys10 tem; and 

11 (D) any other database relevant to respond12 ing to cases of missing or murdered Indians, in13 cluding that under the Violent Criminal Appre14 hension Program and the National Missing and 

15 Unidentified Persons System. 

16 (3) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a mem17 ber of an Indian Tribe. 

18 (4) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun19 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

20 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

22 means Indian lands, as defined in section 3 of the 

23 Native American Business Development, Trade Pro24 motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302). 


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1 (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

2 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in sec3 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu4 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

5 (7) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

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

7 State, or local law enforcement agency. 

8 SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. 

9 (a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—The Attor10 ney General shall provide training to law enforcement agen11 cies regarding how to record the Tribal enrollment informa12 tion or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Federal 

13 databases. 

14 (b) CONSULTATION.— 

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

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

17 General, in cooperation with the Secretary of the In18 terior, shall complete a formal consultation with In19 dian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal data 

20 relevance and access to databases. 

21 (2) INITIAL CONFER.—Not later than 180 days 

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

23 General, in coordination with the Secretary of the In24 terior, shall confer with Tribal organizations and 

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1 prove American Indian and Alaska Native data rel2 evance and access to databases. 

3 (3) ANNUAL CONSULTATION.—Section 903(b) of 

4 the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus5 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20126(b)) 

6 is amended— 

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

8 the following: 

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

10 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

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

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

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

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

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

16 and Federal crime information databases and crimi17 nal justice information systems.’’. 

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

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

20 (1) develop and implement a dissemination 

21 strategy to educate the public of the National Missing 

22 and Unidentified Persons System; and 

23 (2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes, 

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1 tion, through the National Missing and Unidentified 

2 Persons System or other non-law enforcement sen3 sitive portal, regarding missing persons, which may 

4 include family members and other known acquaint5 ances. 

6 SEC. 5. GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO CASES OF MISS7 ING OR MURDERED INDIANS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

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

10 is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United 

11 States attorneys to develop regionally appropriate guide12 lines to respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians 

13 that shall include— 

14 (1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 

15 among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed16 eral, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdic17 tional enforcement of protection orders and detailing 

18 specific responsibilities of each law enforcement agen19 cy; 

20 (2) best practices in conducting searches for 

21 missing persons on and off Indian land; 

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

23 analysis of data and information on missing persons 

24 and unidentified human remains, and information on 

25 culturally appropriate identification and handling of 


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1 human remains identified as Indian, including guid2 ance stating that all appropriate information related 

3 to missing or murdered Indians be entered in a time4 ly manner into applicable databases; 

5 (4) guidance on which law enforcement agency is 

6 responsible for inputting information into appro7 priate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal 

8 law enforcement agency does not have access to those 

9 appropriate databases; 

10 (5) guidelines on improving law enforcement 

11 agency response rates and follow-up responses to cases 

12 of missing or murdered Indians; and 

13 (6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally 

14 appropriate victim services for victims and their fam15 ilies. 

16 (b) CONSULTATION.—United States attorneys shall de17 velop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in con18 sultation with Indian Tribes and other relevant partners, 

19 including— 

20 (1) the Department of Justice; 

21 (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

22 (3) the Department of the Interior; 

23 (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

24 (5) Tribal, State, and local law enforcement 

25 agencies; 


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1 (6) medical examiners; 

2 (7) coroners; 

3 (8) Tribal, State, and local organizations that 

4 provide victim services; and 

5 (9) national, regional, or urban Indian organi6 zations with relevant expertise. 

7 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the United States 

10 attorneys shall implement, by incorporating into of11 fice policies and procedures, the guidelines developed 

12 under subsection (a). 

13 (2) MODIFICATION.—Each Federal law enforce14 ment agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, and 

15 protocols of the agency to incorporate the guidelines 

16 developed under subsection (a). 

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

18 each fiscal year beginning after the date the guide19 lines are established under this section and incor20 porated under this subsection, upon the request of a 

21 Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency, the At22 torney General shall determine whether the Tribal, 

23 State, or local law enforcement agency seeking rec24 ognition of compliance has incorporated guidelines 


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1 into their respective guidelines, policies, and proto2 cols. 

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

4 compliance determinations are made each fiscal year in ac5 cordance with subsection (c)(3), the Attorney General 

6 shall— 

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

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

9 State, or local law enforcement agency that the Attor10 ney General has determined has incorporated guide11 lines in accordance with subsection (c)(3); 

12 (2) disclose and publish, including on the website 

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

14 State, or local law enforcement agency that has re15 quested a determination in accordance with sub16 section (c)(3) that is pending; 

17 (3) collect the guidelines into a resource of exam18 ples and best practices that can be used by other law 

19 enforcement agencies seeking to create and implement 

20 such guidelines. 

21 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The At22 torney General shall use the National Indian Country 

23 Training Initiative to provide training and technical as24 sistance to Indian Tribes and law enforcement agencies 

25 on— 


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1 (1) implementing the guidelines developed under 

2 subsection (a) or developing and implementing locally 

3 specific guidelines or protocols for responding to cases 

4 of missing or murdered Indians; and 

5 (2) using the National Missing and Unidentified 

6 Persons System and accessing program services that 

7 will assist Indian Tribes with responding to cases of 

8 missing or murdered Indians. 

9 (f) GUIDELINES FROM INDIAN TRIBES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Indian Tribes may submit 

11 their own guidelines to respond to cases of missing or 

12 murdered Indians to the Attorney General. 

13 (2) PUBLICATION.—Upon receipt of any guide14 lines from an Indian Tribe, the Attorney General 

15 shall publish the guidelines on the website of the De16 partment of Justice in 1 centralized location to make 

17 the guidelines available as a resource to any Federal 

18 agency, State, or Tribal government. 

19 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning in the first fis21 cal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

22 General shall include in its annual Indian Country Inves23 tigations and Prosecutions report to Congress information 

24 that— 


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1 (1) includes known statistics on missing Indians 

2 in the United States, available to the Department of 

3 Justice, including— 

4 (A) age; 

5 (B) gender; 

6 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili7 ation, if available; 

8 (D) the current number of open cases per 

9 State; 

10 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

11 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

12 10 calendar years; and 

13 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

14 General determines is appropriate; 

15 (2) includes known statistics on murdered Indi16 ans in the United States, available to the Department 

17 of Justice, including— 

18 (A) age; 

19 (B) gender; 

20 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili21 ation, if available; 

22 (D) the current number of open cases per 

23 State; 


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1 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

2 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

3 10 calendar years; and 

4 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

5 General determines is appropriate; 

6 (3) maintains victim privacy to the greatest ex7 tent possible by excluding information that can be 

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

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

10 individual in context; and 

11 (4) includes— 

12 (A) an explanation of why the statistics de13 scribed in paragraph (1) may not be comprehen14 sive; and 

15 (B) recommendations on how data collec16 tion on missing or murdered Indians may be 

17 improved. 

18 (b) COMPLIANCE.— 

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

20 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an21 nually thereafter, for the purpose of compiling accu22 rate data for the annual report required under sub23 section (a), the Attorney General shall request all 

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1 tent possible, all relevant information pertaining to 

2 missing or murdered Indians collected by the Tribal, 

3 State, and local law enforcement agency, and in a 

4 format provided by the Department of Justice that 

5 ensures the streamlining of data reporting. 

6 (2) DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General shall 

7 disclose and publish annually, including on the 

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

9 Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency that 

10 the Attorney General has determined has submitted 

11 the information requested under paragraph (1) for the 

12 fiscal year in which the report was published. 

13 (c) INCLUSION OF GENDER IN MISSING AND UNIDEN14 TIFIED PERSONS STATISTICS.—Beginning in the first cal15 endar year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an16 nually thereafter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

17 include gender in its annual statistics on missing and un18 identified persons published on its public website. 

19 SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION AND INCENTIVE. 

20 (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 2101(b) of the Om21 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

22 U.S.C. 10461(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(23) To develop, strengthen, and implement 

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1 regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as 

2 described in section 5 of Savanna’s Act. 

3 ‘‘(24) To compile and annually report data to 

4 the Attorney General related to missing or murdered 

5 Indians, as described in section 6 of Savanna’s Act.’’. 

6 (b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Sec7 tion 2015(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10452(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(11) develop, strengthen, and implement poli15 cies, protocols, and training for law enforcement re16 garding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as de17 scribed in section 5 of Savanna’s Act; and 

18 ‘‘(12) compile and annually report data to the 

19 Attorney General related to missing or murdered In20 dians, as described in section 6 of Savanna’s Act.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 408 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2733 

[Report No. 116–508, Part I] 

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 protoSEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 

amendment 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Committee on Natural Resources discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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