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Union Calendar No. 409 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2438 
[Report No. 116–509, Part I] 
To increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent 
crime within Indian lands and of Indians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Ms. HAALAND (for herself, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. COLE, Mr. MULLIN, 
Ms. GABBARD, Mr. KILMER, Ms. MOORE, Ms. BASS, Mr. COOK, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CASE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KIND, Mrs. CARO-
LYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. SMITH of Washington) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KENDRA S. 
HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 
Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LUJA´N, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 
Mexico, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CROW, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. 
STAUBER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. STANTON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 
Ms. SCANLON, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 
and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER 
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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 1, 2019] 
A BILL 
To increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and 
combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Not Invisible Act of 
2020’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Depart-
ment of the Interior and the Department of Justice 
Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime 
Against Indians under section 4; 
(2) the term ‘‘human trafficking’’ means act or 
practice described in paragraph (9) or paragraph 
(10) of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); 
(3) the term ‘‘Indian’’ means a member of an 
Indian tribe; 
(4) the terms ‘‘Indian lands’’ and ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the 
Native American Business Development, Trade Pro-
motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302); 
and 
(5) the terms ‘‘urban centers’’ and ‘‘urban In-
dian organization’’ have the meanings given the terms 
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in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1603). 
SEC. 3. COORDINATOR OF FEDERAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT 
VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE PEOPLE. 
(a) COORDINATOR DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of 
the Interior shall designate an official within the Office of 
Justice Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs who 
shall— 
(1) coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and 
programs related to the murder of, trafficking of, and 
missing Indians across Federal agencies, including— 
(A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
(B) the Department of Justice, including— 
(i) the Office of Justice Programs; 
(ii) the Office on Violence Against 
Women; 
(iii) the Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services; 
(iv) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; and 
(v) the Office of Tribal Justice; 
(2) ensure prevention efforts, grants, and pro-
grams of Federal agencies related to the murder of, 
trafficking of, and missing Indians consider the 
unique challenges of combating crime, violence, and 
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human trafficking of Indians and on Indian lands 
faced by Tribal communities, urban centers, the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, Tribal law enforcement, Fed-
eral law enforcement, and State and local law en-
forcement; 
(3) work in cooperation with outside organiza-
tions with expertise in working with Indian tribes 
and Indian Tribes to provide victim centered and cul-
turally relevant training to tribal law enforcement, 
Indian Health Service health care providers, urban 
Indian organizations, Tribal community members 
and businesses, on how to effectively identify, respond 
to and report instances of missing persons, murder, 
and trafficking within Indian lands and of Indians; 
and 
(4) report directly to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
(b) REPORT.—The official designated in subsection (a) 
shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources and the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the House of Representatives a report to provide 
information on Federal coordination efforts accomplished 
over the previous year that includes— 
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