(1) a summary of all coordination activities un-
dertaken in compliance with this section; 
(2) a summary of all trainings completed under 
subsection (a)(3); and 
(3) recommendations for improving coordination 
across Federal agencies and of relevant Federal pro-
grams. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTE-
RIOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
JOINT COMMISSION ON REDUCING VIOLENT 
CRIME AGAINST INDIANS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall estab-
lish and appoint all members of a joint commission on vio-
lent crime on Indian lands and against Indians. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of members who represent diverse expe-
riences and backgrounds that provide balanced 
points of view with regard to the duties of the 
Commission. 
(B) DIVERSITY.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
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ensure the Commission includes Tribal represent-
atives from diverse geographic areas and of di-
verse sizes. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall 
appoint the members to the Commission, including 
representatives from— 
(A) tribal law enforcement; 
(B) the Office of Justice Services of the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs; 
(C) State and local law enforcement in close 
proximity to Indian lands, with a letter of rec-
ommendation from a local Indian Tribe; 
(D) the Victim Services Division of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation; 
(E) the Department of Justice’s Human 
Trafficking Prosecution Unit; 
(F) the Office of Violence Against Women of 
the Department of Justice; 
(G) the Office of Victims of Crime of the De-
partment of Justice; 
(H) a United States attorney’s office with 
experience in cases related to missing persons, 
murder, or trafficking of Indians or on Indian 
land; 
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(I) the Administration for Native Ameri-
cans of the Office of the Administration for Chil-
dren & Families of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; 
(J) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; 
(K) a Tribal judge with experience in cases 
related to missing persons, murder, or traf-
ficking; 
(L) not fewer than 3 Indian Tribes from di-
verse geographic areas, including 1 Indian tribe 
located in Alaska, selected from nominations sub-
mitted by the Indian Tribe; 
(M) not fewer than 2 health care and men-
tal health practitioners and counselors and pro-
viders with experience in working with Indian 
survivors of trafficking and sexual assault, with 
a letter of recommendation from a local tribal 
chair or tribal law enforcement officer; 
(N) not fewer than 3 national, regional, or 
urban Indian organizations focused on violence 
against women and children on Indian lands or 
against Indians; 
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(O) at least 2 Indian survivors of human 
trafficking; 
(P) at least 2 family members of missing 
Indian people; 
(Q) at least 2 family members of murdered 
Indian people; 
(R) the National Institute of Justice; and 
(S) the Indian Health Service. 
(3) PERIODS OF APPOINTMENT.—Members shall 
be appointed for the duration of the Commission. 
(4) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 
shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment was made and shall not affect the pow-
ers or duties of the Commission. 
(5) COMPENSATION.—Commission members shall 
serve without compensation. 
(6) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—The Secretary of the 
Interior, in coordination with the Attorney General, 
shall consider the provision of travel expenses, includ-
ing per diem, to Commission members when appro-
priate. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission may hold 
such hearings, meet and act at times and places, take 
such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Com-
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mission considers to be advisable to carry out the du-
ties of the Commission under this section. 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
OF INTERIOR AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
develop recommendations to the Secretary of the 
Interior and Attorney General on actions the 
Federal Government can take to help combat vio-
lent crime against Indians and within Indian 
lands, including the development and implemen-
tation of recommendations for— 
(i) identifying, reporting, and respond-
ing to instances of missing persons, murder, 
and human trafficking on Indian lands and 
of Indians; 
(ii) 
legislative 
and 
administrative 
changes necessary to use programs, prop-
erties, or other resources funded or operated 
by the Department of the Interior and De-
partment of Justice to combat the crisis of 
missing or murdered Indians and human 
trafficking on Indian lands and of Indians; 
(iii) tracking and reporting data on 
instances of missing persons, murder, and 
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human trafficking on Indian lands and of 
Indians; 
(iv) addressing staff shortages and 
open positions within relevant law enforce-
ment agencies, including issues related to 
the hiring and retention of law enforcement 
officers; 
(v) coordinating tribal, State, and 
Federal resources to increase prosecution of 
murder and human trafficking offenses on 
Indian lands and of Indians; and 
(vi) increasing information sharing 
with tribal governments on violent crime 
investigations and prosecutions in Indian 
lands that were terminated or declined. 
(B) 
SUBMISSION.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall make publicly available and sub-
mit all recommendations developed under this 
paragraph to— 
(i) the Secretary of the Interior; 
(ii) the Attorney General; 
(iii) the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate; 
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Union Calendar No. 409 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2438 
[Report No. 116–509, Part I] 
A BILL 
To increase intergovernmental coordination to iden-
tify and combat violent crime within Indian lands 
and of Indians. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment 
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 
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