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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2029 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report 

on the response of law enforcement agencies to reports of missing or 

murdered Indians. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COLE, Mr. 

COOK, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) 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 

A BILL 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit a report on the response of law enforcement 

agencies to reports of missing or murdered Indians. 

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 the ‘‘Studying the Missing 

5 and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) COVERED DATABASE.—The term ‘‘covered 

2 database’’ means— 

3 (A) the database of the National Crime In4 formation Center; 

5 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

6 (C) the Next Generation Identification 

7 System; and 

8 (D) any other database or system of a law 

9 enforcement agency under which a report of a 

10 missing or murdered Indian may be submitted, 

11 including— 

12 (i) the Violent Criminal Apprehension 

13 Program; or 

14 (ii) the National Missing and Uniden15 tified Persons System. 

16 (2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean17 ing given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self18 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

19 U.S.C. 5304). 

20 (3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun21 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

22 of title 18, United States Code. 

23 (4) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

24 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Federal, State, 

25 local, or Tribal law enforcement agency. 


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1 (5) MISSING OR MURDERED INDIAN.—The term 

2 ‘‘missing or murdered Indian’’ means any Indian 

3 who is— 

4 (A) reported missing in Indian country or 

5 any other location; or 

6 (B) murdered in Indian country or any 

7 other location. 

8 (6) NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘notifi9 cation system’’ means— 

10 (A) the Criminal Justice Information Net11 work; 

12 (B) the AMBER Alert communications 

13 network established under subtitle A of title III 

14 of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C. 20501 et 

15 seq.); and 

16 (C) any other system or public notification 

17 system that relates to a report of a missing or 

18 murdered Indian, including any State, local, or 

19 Tribal notification system. 

20 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

21 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

23 shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 

24 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 


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1 House of Representatives a comprehensive report that in2 cludes— 

3 (1) a review of— 

4 (A) each law enforcement agency that has 

5 jurisdiction over missing or murdered Indians 

6 and the basis for that jurisdiction; 

7 (B) the response procedures, with respect 

8 to a report of a missing or murdered Indian, 

9 of— 

10 (i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga11 tion; 

12 (ii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

13 (iii) any other Federal law enforce14 ment agency responsible for responding to 

15 or investigating a report of a missing or 

16 murdered Indian; 

17 (C) each covered database and notification 

18 system; 

19 (D) Federal interagency cooperation and 

20 notification policies and procedures related to 

21 missing or murdered Indians; 

22 (E) the requirements of each Federal law 

23 enforcement agency relating to notifying State, 

24 local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies after 


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1 the Federal law enforcement agency receives a 

2 report of a missing or murdered Indian; and 

3 (F) the public notification requirements of 

4 law enforcement agencies relating to missing or 

5 murdered Indians; 

6 (2) recommendations and best practices relating 

7 to improving cooperation between and response poli8 cies of law enforcement agencies relating to missing 

9 and murdered Indians; and 

10 (3) recommendations relating to— 

11 (A) improving how— 

12 (i) covered databases address in13 stances of missing or murdered Indians, 

14 including by improving access to, inte15 grating, and improving the sharing of in16 formation between covered databases; and 

17 (ii) notification systems address in18 stances of missing or murdered Indians, 

19 including by improving access to, inte20 grating, and improving the sharing of in21 formation between notification systems; 

22 (B) social, educational, economic, and any 

23 other factor that may contribute to an Indian 

24 becoming a missing or murdered Indian; and 


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1 (C) legislation to reduce the likelihood that 

2 an Indian may become a missing or murdered 

3 Indian. 

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