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Calendar No. 407 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 227 

[Report No. 116–206] 

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 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 24), 2019 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. COONS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. TESTER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

DAINES, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. MCSALLY, Ms. 

SINEMA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. 

SANDERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 

JANUARY 15, 2020 

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. 


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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. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

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

7 (1) On some reservations, Indian women are 

8 murdered at more than 10 times the national aver9 age. 

10 (2) American Indians and Alaska Natives are 

11 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes—and 

12 at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or 

13 sexual assault crimes—compared to all other races 

14 according to the National Congress of American In15 dians. 

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

17 Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experi18 enced violence in their lifetime according to the Na19 tional Institute of Justice. 

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

21 Alaska Native men, or 81.6 percent, have experi22 enced violence in their lifetime according to the Na23 tional Institute of Justice. 

24 (5) According to the Centers for Disease Con25 trol and Prevention, homicide is the third leading 


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1 cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 

2 Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and 

3 the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian 

4 and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years 

5 of age. 

6 (6) Investigation into cases of missing and mur7 dered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal law 

8 enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 

9 such as— 

10 (A) necessary training, equipment, or 

11 funding; 

12 (B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 

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

14 (7) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 

15 exists in Indian country— 

16 (A) has a significant negative impact on 

17 the ability to provide public safety to Indian 

18 communities; 

19 (B) has been increasingly exploited by 

20 criminals; and 

21 (C) requires a high degree of commitment 

22 and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 

23 State law enforcement officials. 

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


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1 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

2 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 

3 with respect to responding to cases of missing and 

4 murdered Indians; 

5 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

6 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce7 ment agencies, including medical examiner and cor8 oner offices; 

9 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re10 sources and information necessary to effectively re11 spond to cases of missing and murdered Indians; 

12 and 

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

14 missing and murdered Indian men and women and 

15 the sharing of information among Federal, State, 

16 and Tribal officials responsible for responding to 

17 and investigating cases of missing and murdered In18 dians. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act: 

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

22 means— 

23 (A) the National Crime Information Center 

24 database; 

25 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 


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1 (C) the Next Generation Identification 

2 System; and 

3 (D) any other database relevant to re4 sponding to cases of missing and murdered In5 dians, including that under the Violent Criminal 

6 Apprehension Program and the National Miss7 ing and Unidentified Persons System. 

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

9 member of an Indian Tribe. 

10 (3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun11 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

12 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

14 means— 

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

16 the Native American Business Development, 

17 Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 

18 U.S.C. 4302); and 

19 (B) land owned by a Regional Corporation 

20 or Village Corporation, as such terms are de21 fined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims 

22 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602). 

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

24 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 


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1 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu2 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

3 (6) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

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

5 State, or local law enforcement agency. 

6 SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. 

7 (a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—The At8 torney General shall provide training to law enforcement 

9 agencies regarding how to record the Tribal enrollment in10 formation or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Fed11 eral databases. 

12 (b) CONSULTATION.— 

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

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

15 General, in cooperation with the Secretary of the In16 terior, shall complete a formal consultation with In17 dian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal data 

18 relevance and access to databases. 

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

20 of the Violence Against Women and Department of 

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

22 20126) is amended— 

23 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert24 ing the following: 


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

2 from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as3 sault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe5 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

8 and Federal crime information databases and crimi9 nal justice information systems.’’. 

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

11 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

12 shall— 

13 (1) develop and implement a dissemination 

14 strategy to notify United States citizens of the Na15 tional Missing and Unidentified Persons System; 

16 and 

17 (2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes 

18 regarding the ability to publicly enter information, 

19 through the National Missing and Unidentified Per20 sons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive 

21 portal, regarding missing persons, which may in22 clude family members and other known acquaint23 ances. 


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1 SEC. 5. GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO CASES OF MISS2 ING AND MURDERED INDIANS. 

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

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

5 is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United 

6 States attorneys with jurisdiction to prosecute crimes in 

7 Indian country under sections 1152 and 1153 of title 18, 

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

9 of the annual consultations on sexual violence by United 

10 States attorneys with Indian Tribes and Federal partners, 

11 to develop guidelines to respond to cases of missing and 

12 murdered Indians that shall include— 

13 (1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 

14 among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed15 eral, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdic16 tional enforcement of protection orders and detailing 

17 specific responsibilities of each law enforcement 

18 agency; 

19 (2) best practices in conducting searches for 

20 missing persons on Indian land; 

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

22 analysis of data and information on missing persons 

23 and unidentified human remains, and information on 

24 culturally appropriate identification and handling of 

25 human remains identified as Indian, including guid26 ance stating that all appropriate information related 


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1 to missing and murdered Indians be entered in a 

2 timely manner into applicable databases; 

3 (4) guidance on which law enforcement agency 

4 is responsible for inputting information into appro5 priate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal 

6 law enforcement agency does not have access to 

7 those appropriate databases; 

8 (5) guidelines on improving law enforcement 

9 agency response rates and follow-up responses to 

10 cases of missing and murdered Indians; and 

11 (6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally 

12 appropriate victim services for victims and their 

13 families. 

14 (b) CONSULTATION.—United States attorneys shall 

15 develop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in 

16 consultation with Indian Tribes and other Federal part17 ners, including— 

18 (1) the Department of Justice; 

19 (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

20 (3) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

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

22 agencies; 

23 (5) medical examiners; 

24 (6) coroners; and 


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

2 provide victim services. 

3 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 

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

5 the next sexual violence response annual consultation 

6 occurs in each region after the date of enactment of 

7 this Act, the United States attorneys shall modify 

8 the sexual violence response guidelines to incorporate 

9 the guidelines developed under subsection (a) and 

10 implement such modified guidelines. 

11 (2) MODIFICATION.—Each Federal law enforce12 ment agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, 

13 and protocols of the agency to incorporate the guide14 lines developed under subsection (a). 

15 (3) DETERMINATION.—Not later than the end 

16 of each fiscal year beginning after the date the 

17 guidelines are established under this section and in18 corporated under this subsection, the Attorney Gen19 eral shall determine whether each Tribal, State, and 

20 local law enforcement agency has incorporated 

21 guidelines into their respective guidelines, policies, 

22 and protocols. 

23 (4) PREFERENCE.—For each of fiscal years 

24 2019 through 2023, for the fiscal year in which a 

25 grant was solicited, the Attorney General shall give 


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1 affirmative preference to all National Institute of 

2 Justice and Office for Victims of Crime discre3 tionary grant applications of a Tribal, State, or local 

4 law enforcement agency, or applications submitted 

5 on behalf of such law enforcement agencies by a 

6 local, State, or Tribal government, if the Attorney 

7 General has determined under paragraph (3) that 

8 the agency has incorporated the guidelines. 

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

10 compliance determinations are made each fiscal year in 

11 accordance with subsection (c)(3), the Attorney General 

12 shall— 

13 (1) disclose and publish, including on the 

14 website of the Department of Justice, the name of 

15 each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency 

16 that the Attorney General has determined has not 

17 incorporated guidelines in accordance with sub18 section (c)(3); and 

19 (2) if a law enforcement agency described in 

20 paragraph (1) subsequently receives a determination 

21 of compliance, the Attorney General shall— 

22 (A) immediately correct the applicable 

23 record; and 

24 (B) not later than 3 days after the deter25 mination, remove the record from the website of 


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1 the Department of Justice and any other loca2 tion where the record was published. 

3 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

4 Attorney General shall use the National Indian Country 

5 Training Initiative to provide training and technical as6 sistance to Indian Tribes and law enforcement agencies 

7 on— 

8 (1) implementing the guidelines developed 

9 under subsection (a) or developing and implementing 

10 locally specific guidelines or protocols for responding 

11 to cases of missing and murdered Indians; and 

12 (2) using the National Missing and Unidenti13 fied Persons System and accessing program services 

14 that will assist Indian Tribes with responding to 

15 cases of missing and murdered Indians. 

16 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

17 (a) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning in the first fis18 cal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attor19 ney General shall include in its annual Indian Country In20 vestigations and Prosecutions report to Congress informa21 tion that— 

22 (1) includes known statistics on missing Indians 

23 in the United States, available to the Department of 

24 Justice, including— 

25 (A) age; 


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1 (B) gender; 

2 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili3 ation, if available; 

4 (D) the current number of open cases per 

5 State; 

6 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

7 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

8 10 calendar years; and 

9 (F) other relevant information the Attor10 ney General determines is appropriate; 

11 (2) includes known statistics on murdered Indi12 ans in the United States, available to the Depart13 ment of Justice, including— 

14 (A) age; 

15 (B) gender; 

16 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili17 ation, if available; 

18 (D) the current number of open cases per 

19 State; 

20 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

21 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

22 10 calendar years; and 

23 (F) other relevant information the Attor24 ney General determines is appropriate; 


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1 (3) maintains victim privacy to the greatest ex2 tent possible by excluding information that can be 

3 used on its own or with other information to iden4 tify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify 

5 an individual in context; and 

6 (4) includes— 

7 (A) an explanation of why the statistics de8 scribed in paragraph (1) may not be com9 prehensive; and 

10 (B) recommendations on how data collec11 tion on missing and murdered Indians may be 

12 improved. 

13 (b) COMPLIANCE.— 

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

15 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an16 nually thereafter, for the purpose of compiling accu17 rate data for the annual report required under sub18 section (a), the Attorney General shall request all 

19 Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to 

20 submit to the Department of Justice, to the fullest 

21 extent possible, all relevant information required, as 

22 determined by the Attorney General. 

23 (2) DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General shall 

24 disclose and publish annually, including on the 

25 website of the Department of Justice, the name of 


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1 each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency 

2 that the Attorney General has determined has not 

3 submitted the information requested under para4 graph (1) for the fiscal year in which the report was 

5 published. 

6 (3) PREFERENCE.—For each of fiscal years 

7 2019 through 2023, for the fiscal year in which a 

8 grant was solicited, the Attorney General shall give 

9 affirmative preference to all Department of Justice 

10 discretionary grant applications of a Tribal, State, 

11 or local law enforcement agency, or applications sub12 mitted on behalf of such law enforcement agencies 

13 by a local, State, or Tribal government, that would 

14 aid in the implementation of the guidelines devel15 oped under section 5 or help address the issue of 

16 missing and murdered Indians, if the Attorney Gen17 eral has determined the agency has submitted the 

18 information requested under paragraph (1) for the 

19 fiscal year in which the report was published. 

20 (c) INCLUSION OF GENDER IN MISSING AND UN21 IDENTIFIED PERSONS STATISTICS.—Beginning in the 

22 first calendar year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 and annually thereafter, the Federal Bureau of Investiga24 tion shall include gender in its annual statistics on missing 

25 and unidentified persons published on its public website. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

4 The purposes of this Act are— 

5 (1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 

6 State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 

7 with respect to responding to cases of missing or mur8 dered Indians; 

9 (2) to increase coordination and communication 

10 among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce11 ment agencies, including medical examiner and cor12 oner offices; 

13 (3) to empower Tribal governments with the re14 sources and information necessary to effectively re15 spond to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and 

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

17 missing or murdered Indian men, women, and chil18 dren, regardless of where they reside, and the sharing 

19 of information among Federal, State, and Tribal offi20 cials responsible for responding to and investigating 

21 cases of missing or murdered Indians. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 

24 (1) CONFER.—The term ‘‘confer’’ has the mean25 ing given the term in section 514 of the Indian 

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


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

2 means— 

3 (A) the National Crime Information Center 

4 database; 

5 (B) the Combined DNA Index System; 

6 (C) the Next Generation Identification Sys7 tem; and 

8 (D) any other database relevant to respond9 ing to cases of missing or murdered Indians, in10 cluding that under the Violent Criminal Appre11 hension Program and the National Missing and 

12 Unidentified Persons System. 

13 (3) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a mem14 ber of an Indian Tribe. 

15 (4) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun16 try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 

17 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

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

20 Native American Business Development, Trade Pro21 motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302). 

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

23 has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in sec24 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu25 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 


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1 (7) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

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

3 State, or local law enforcement agency. 

4 SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. 

5 (a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—The Attor6 ney General shall provide training to law enforcement agen7 cies regarding how to record the Tribal enrollment informa8 tion or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Federal 

9 databases. 

10 (b) CONSULTATION.— 

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

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

13 General, in cooperation with the Secretary of the In14 terior, shall complete a formal consultation with In15 dian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal data 

16 relevance and access to databases. 

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

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

19 General, in coordination with the Secretary of the In20 terior, shall confer with Tribal organizations and 

21 urban Indian organizations on how to further im22 prove American Indian and Alaska Native data rel23 evance and access to databases. 

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

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1 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20126) 

2 is amended— 

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

4 the following: 

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

6 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

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

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

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

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

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

12 and Federal crime information databases and crimi13 nal justice information systems.’’. 

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

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

16 (1) develop and implement a dissemination 

17 strategy to educate the public of the National Missing 

18 and Unidentified Persons System; and 

19 (2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes, 

20 Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organiza21 tions regarding the ability to publicly enter informa22 tion, through the National Missing and Unidentified 

23 Persons System or other non-law enforcement sen24 sitive portal, regarding missing persons, which may 


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1 include family members and other known acquaint2 ances. 

3 SEC. 5. GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO CASES OF MISS4 ING OR MURDERED INDIANS. 

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

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

7 is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United 

8 States attorneys to develop regionally appropriate guide9 lines to respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians 

10 that shall include— 

11 (1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 

12 among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed13 eral, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdic14 tional enforcement of protection orders and detailing 

15 specific responsibilities of each law enforcement agen16 cy; 

17 (2) best practices in conducting searches for 

18 missing persons on and off Indian land; 

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

20 analysis of data and information on missing persons 

21 and unidentified human remains, and information on 

22 culturally appropriate identification and handling of 

23 human remains identified as Indian, including guid24 ance stating that all appropriate information related 


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1 to missing or murdered Indians be entered in a time2 ly manner into applicable databases; 

3 (4) guidance on which law enforcement agency is 

4 responsible for inputting information into appro5 priate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal 

6 law enforcement agency does not have access to those 

7 appropriate databases; 

8 (5) guidelines on improving law enforcement 

9 agency response rates and follow-up responses to cases 

10 of missing or murdered Indians; and 

11 (6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally 

12 appropriate victim services for victims and their fam13 ilies. 

14 (b) CONSULTATION.—United States attorneys shall de15 velop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in con16 sultation with Indian Tribes and other relevant partners, 

17 including— 

18 (1) the Department of Justice; 

19 (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

20 (3) the Department of the Interior; 

21 (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

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

23 agencies; 

24 (6) medical examiners; 

25 (7) coroners; 


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

2 provide victim services; and 

3 (9) national, regional, or urban Indian organi4 zations with relevant expertise. 

5 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 

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

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

8 attorneys shall implement, by incorporating into of9 fice policies and procedures, the guidelines developed 

10 under subsection (a). 

11 (2) MODIFICATION.—Each Federal law enforce12 ment agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, and 

13 protocols of the agency to incorporate the guidelines 

14 developed under subsection (a). 

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

16 each fiscal year beginning after the date the guide17 lines are established under this section and incor18 porated under this subsection, upon the request of a 

19 Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency, the At20 torney General shall determine whether the Tribal, 

21 State, or local law enforcement agency seeking rec22 ognition of compliance has incorporated guidelines 

23 into their respective guidelines, policies, and proto24 cols. 


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

2 compliance determinations are made each fiscal year in ac3 cordance with subsection (c)(3), the Attorney General 

4 shall— 

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

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

7 State, or local law enforcement agency that the Attor8 ney General has determined has incorporated guide9 lines in accordance with subsection (c)(3); 

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

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

12 State, or local law enforcement agency that has re13 quested a determination in accordance with sub14 section (c)(3) that is pending; 

15 (3) collect the guidelines into a resource of exam16 ples and best practices that can be used by other law 

17 enforcement agencies seeking to create and implement 

18 such guidelines. 

19 (e) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The At20 torney General shall use the National Indian Country 

21 Training Initiative to provide training and technical as22 sistance to Indian Tribes and law enforcement agencies 

23 on— 

24 (1) implementing the guidelines developed under 

25 subsection (a) or developing and implementing locally 


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1 specific guidelines or protocols for responding to cases 

2 of missing or murdered Indians; and 

3 (2) using the National Missing and Unidentified 

4 Persons System and accessing program services that 

5 will assist Indian Tribes with responding to cases of 

6 missing or murdered Indians. 

7 (f) GUIDELINES FROM INDIAN TRIBES.— 

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

9 their own guidelines to respond to cases of missing or 

10 murdered Indians to the Attorney General. 

11 (2) PUBLICATION.—Upon receipt of any guide12 lines from an Indian Tribe, the Attorney General 

13 shall publish the guidelines on the website of the De14 partment of Justice in 1 centralized location to make 

15 the guidelines available as a resource to any Federal 

16 agency, State, or Tribal government. 

17 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning in the first fis19 cal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

20 General shall include in its annual Indian Country Inves21 tigations and Prosecutions report to Congress information 

22 that— 

23 (1) includes known statistics on missing Indians 

24 in the United States, available to the Department of 

25 Justice, including— 


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1 (A) age; 

2 (B) gender; 

3 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili4 ation, if available; 

5 (D) the current number of open cases per 

6 State; 

7 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

8 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

9 10 calendar years; and 

10 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

11 General determines is appropriate; 

12 (2) includes known statistics on murdered Indi13 ans in the United States, available to the Department 

14 of Justice, including— 

15 (A) age; 

16 (B) gender; 

17 (C) Tribal enrollment information or affili18 ation, if available; 

19 (D) the current number of open cases per 

20 State; 

21 (E) the total number of closed cases per 

22 State each calendar year, from the most recent 

23 10 calendar years; and 

24 (F) other relevant information the Attorney 

25 General determines is appropriate; 


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1 (3) maintains victim privacy to the greatest ex2 tent possible by excluding information that can be 

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

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

5 individual in context; and 

6 (4) includes— 

7 (A) an explanation of why the statistics de8 scribed in paragraph (1) may not be comprehen9 sive; and 

10 (B) recommendations on how data collec11 tion on missing or murdered Indians may be 

12 improved. 

13 (b) COMPLIANCE.— 

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

15 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an16 nually thereafter, for the purpose of compiling accu17 rate data for the annual report required under sub18 section (a), the Attorney General shall request all 

19 Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to 

20 submit to the Department of Justice, to the fullest ex21 tent possible, all relevant information pertaining to 

22 missing or murdered Indians collected by the Tribal, 

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

24 format provided by the Department of Justice that 

25 ensures the streamlining of data reporting. 


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1 (2) DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General shall 

2 disclose and publish annually, including on the 

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

4 Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency that 

5 the Attorney General has determined has submitted 

6 the information requested under paragraph (1) for the 

7 fiscal year in which the report was published. 

8 (c) INCLUSION OF GENDER IN MISSING AND UNIDEN9 TIFIED PERSONS STATISTICS.—Beginning in the first cal10 endar year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an11 nually thereafter, the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 

12 include gender in its annual statistics on missing and un13 identified persons published on its public website. 

14 SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION AND INCENTIVE. 

15 (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 2101(b) of the Om16 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

17 U.S.C. 10461(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

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

20 policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement 

21 regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as 

22 described in section 5 of Savanna’s Act. 

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

24 the Attorney General related to missing or murdered 

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


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1 (b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Sec2 tion 2015 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

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

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

5 end; 

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

7 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

9 ‘‘(11) develop, strengthen, and implement poli10 cies, protocols, and training for law enforcement re11 garding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as de12 scribed in section 5 of Savanna’s Act; and 

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

14 Attorney General related to missing or murdered In15 dians, as described in section 6 of Savanna’s Act.’’. 


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Calendar No. 407 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 227 

[Report No. 116–206] 

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 protoJANUARY 15, 2020 

Reported with an amendment 


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