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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 deter-
mined 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. 
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 ‘‘Studying the Missing 
and Murdered Indian Crisis Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COVERED DATABASE.—The term ‘‘covered 
database’’ means— 
(A) the database of the National Crime In-
formation Center; 
(B) the Combined DNA Index System; 
(C) the Next Generation Identification 
System; and 
(D) any other database or system of a law 
enforcement agency under which a report of a 
missing or murdered Indian may be submitted, 
including— 
(i) the Violent Criminal Apprehension 
Program; or 
(ii) the National Missing and Uniden-
tified Persons System. 
(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5304). 
(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 
of title 18, United States Code. 
(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Federal, State, 
local, or Tribal law enforcement agency. 
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(5) MISSING OR MURDERED INDIAN.—The term 
‘‘missing or murdered Indian’’ means any Indian 
who is— 
(A) reported missing in Indian country or 
any other location; or 
(B) murdered in Indian country or any 
other location. 
(6) NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘notifi-
cation system’’ means— 
(A) the Criminal Justice Information Net-
work; 
(B) the AMBER Alert communications 
network established under subtitle A of title III 
of the PROTECT Act (34 U.S.C. 20501 et 
seq.); and 
(C) any other system or public notification 
system that relates to a report of a missing or 
murdered Indian, including any State, local, or 
Tribal notification system. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
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House of Representatives a comprehensive report that in-
cludes— 
(1) a review of— 
(A) each law enforcement agency that has 
jurisdiction over missing or murdered Indians 
and the basis for that jurisdiction; 
(B) the response procedures, with respect 
to a report of a missing or murdered Indian, 
of— 
(i) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; 
(ii) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
(iii) any other Federal law enforce-
ment agency responsible for responding to 
or investigating a report of a missing or 
murdered Indian; 
(C) each covered database and notification 
system; 
(D) Federal interagency cooperation and 
notification policies and procedures related to 
missing or murdered Indians; 
(E) the requirements of each Federal law 
enforcement agency relating to notifying State, 
local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies after 
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the Federal law enforcement agency receives a 
report of a missing or murdered Indian; and 
(F) the public notification requirements of 
law enforcement agencies relating to missing or 
murdered Indians; 
(2) recommendations and best practices relating 
to improving cooperation between and response poli-
cies of law enforcement agencies relating to missing 
and murdered Indians; and 
(3) recommendations relating to— 
(A) improving how— 
(i) covered databases address in-
stances of missing or murdered Indians, 
including by improving access to, inte-
grating, and improving the sharing of in-
formation between covered databases; and 
(ii) notification systems address in-
stances of missing or murdered Indians, 
including by improving access to, inte-
grating, and improving the sharing of in-
formation between notification systems; 
(B) social, educational, economic, and any 
other factor that may contribute to an Indian 
becoming a missing or murdered Indian; and 
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(C) legislation to reduce the likelihood that 
an Indian may become a missing or murdered 
Indian. 
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