(6) Investigation into cases of missing and mur-
dered Indian women is made difficult for Tribal law 
enforcement agencies due to a lack of resources, 
such as— 
(A) necessary training, equipment, or 
funding; 
(B) a lack of interagency cooperation; and 
(C) a lack of appropriate laws in place. 
(7) The complicated jurisdictional scheme that 
exists in Indian country— 
(A) has a significant negative impact on 
the ability to provide public safety to Indian 
communities; 
(B) has been increasingly exploited by 
criminals; and 
(C) requires a high degree of commitment 
and cooperation among Tribal, Federal, and 
State law enforcement officials. 
(8) In states with restrictive land settlement 
acts such as Maine and Alaska, ‘‘Indian country’’ is 
limited, resources for local tribal responses either 
nonexistent or insufficient to meet the needs, and ju-
risdiction is unnecessarily complicated and increases 
the already high levels of victimization of American 
Indian and Alaska Native women. According to the 
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Indian Law and Order Commission Report, Alaska 
Native women are over-represented in the domestic 
violence victim population by 250 percent; they com-
prise 19 percent of the state population, but are 47 
percent of reported rape victims. These issues are 
further complicated as the Indian Law and Order 
Commission Report noted that at least 30 percent of 
villages lack any law enforcement at all. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, 
State, Tribal, and local governments and law en-
forcement agencies with respect to responding to 
cases of missing and murdered Indians; 
(2) to increase coordination and communication 
among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforce-
ment agencies, including medical examiner and cor-
oner offices; 
(3) to empower Tribal governments with the re-
sources and information necessary to effectively re-
spond to cases of missing and murdered Indians, in-
cluding Tribes located in any State known as a 
‘‘PL–280 State’’; and 
(4) to increase the collection of data related to 
missing and murdered Indian men, women, and chil-
dren and the sharing of information among Federal, 
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State, and Tribal officials responsible for responding 
to and investigating cases of missing and murdered 
Indians by clarifying and correcting limitation in the 
Federal database. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. 
(a) TRIBAL ENROLLMENT INFORMATION.—The At-
torney General shall provide training to law enforcement 
agencies regarding how to record the Tribal enrollment in-
formation or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Fed-
eral databases. 
(b) CONSULTATION.— 
(1) INITIAL
CONSULTATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretary 
of the Interior, shall complete a formal consultation 
with Indian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal 
data relevance and access to databases. 
(2) ANNUAL
CONSULTATION.—Section 903(b) 
of the Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 
20126) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) enhancing the safety of Indian women 
from domestic violence, dating violence, obstruction 
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of justice, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and sex 
trafficking;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) improving access to local, regional, State, 
and Federal crime information databases and crimi-
nal justice information systems.’’. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall— 
(1) develop and implement a dissemination 
strategy to notify the public of the National Missing 
and Unidentified Persons System; and 
(2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes 
regarding the ability to publicly enter information, 
through the National Missing and Unidentified Per-
sons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive 
portal, regarding missing persons, which may in-
clude family members and other known acquaint-
ances. 
SEC. 4. GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO CASES OF MISS-
ING AND MURDERED INDIANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date on which the consultation described in section 
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902(c)(1) is completed, the Attorney General shall direct 
United States attorneys to develop regionally appropriate 
guidelines to respond to cases of missing and murdered 
Indians that shall include— 
(1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation 
among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Fed-
eral, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdic-
tional enforcement of protection orders and detailing 
specific responsibilities of each law enforcement 
agency; 
(2) best practices in conducting searches for 
missing persons on Indian lands; 
(3) standards on the collection, reporting, and 
analysis of data and information on missing persons 
and unidentified human remains, and information on 
culturally appropriate identification and handling of 
human remains identified as Indian, including guid-
ance stating that all appropriate information related 
to missing and murdered Indians be entered in a 
timely manner into applicable databases; 
(4) guidance on which law enforcement agency 
is responsible for inputting information into appro-
priate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal 
law enforcement agency does not have access to 
those appropriate databases; 
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(5) guidelines on improving law enforcement 
agency response rates and follow-up responses to 
cases of missing and murdered Indians on and off 
Indian lands; 
(6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally 
appropriate victim services for victims and their 
families; and 
(7) guidelines on improving law enforcement 
agency communication with families of victims to en-
sure timely notification and dissemination of appro-
priate information in the cases of missing and mur-
dered Indians on and off Tribal lands. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—United States attorney shall 
develop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in 
consultation with Indian Tribes and other partners, in-
cluding— 
(1) the Department of Justice; 
(2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(3) the Department of the Interior; 
(4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
(5) Tribal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies; 
(6) medical examiners; 
(7) coroners; 
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(8) Tribal, State, and local organizations that 
provide victim services; and 
(9) national or regional tribal organizations 
with relevant expertise. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the United States 
attorneys shall incorporate the guidelines developed 
under subsection (a) into existing policies and proce-
dures, and implement such guidelines. 
(2) MODIFICATION.—Each Federal law enforce-
ment agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, 
and protocols of the agency to incorporate the guide-
lines developed under subsection (a). 
(3) DETERMINATION.—Not later than the end 
of each fiscal year beginning after the date the 
guidelines are established under this section and in-
corporated under this subsection, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall determine whether each Tribal, State, and 
local law enforcement agency has incorporated 
guidelines into their respective guidelines, policies, 
and protocols, and any barriers the agency reported 
in collecting and providing the information. 
(4) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 30 days 
after compliance determinations are made each fiscal 
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year in accordance with paragraph (3), the Attorney 
General shall— 
(A) disclose and publish, including on the 
website of the Department of Justice, the name 
of each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement 
agency that the Attorney General has deter-
mined has incorporated guidelines in accord-
ance with paragraph (3); 
(B) if a law enforcement agency described 
in subparagraph (A) subsequently receives a de-
termination of compliance in accordance with 
paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall— 
(i) immediately correct the applicable 
record; and 
(ii) not later than 3 days after the de-
termination, add the record to the website 
of the Department of Justice and any 
other location where the record was pub-
lished; and 
(C) collect guidelines of each agency into a 
resource of examples and best practices that 
can be used by other law enforcement agencies 
seeking to create and implement such guide-
lines. 
(d) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
use the National Indian Country Training Initiative 
to provide training and technical assistance to In-
dian Tribes and law enforcement agencies on— 
(A) implementing the guidelines developed 
under subsection (a) or developing and imple-
menting locally specific guidelines or protocols 
for responding to cases of missing and mur-
dered Indians; and 
(B) using the National Missing and Un-
identified Persons System and accessing pro-
gram services that will assist Indian Tribes 
with responding to cases of missing and mur-
dered Indians. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—the Attorney General may 
provide the training described in paragraph (1) 
through local state law enforcement academies if— 
(A) the Attorney General determines that 
the such academies will provide trainings that 
meet the same standards and utilize the cur-
riculum as trainings provided by the National 
Indian Country Training Initiative; and 
(B) that relevant state, tribal, and local 
law enforcement agencies have consented to the 
training being provided by such academies, 
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rather than the National Indian Country Train-
ing Initiative. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION AND INCENTIVES. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUS-
TICE RESPONSE.—Section 2101(b) of part U of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10461(b)), as amended by 
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(26) To develop, strengthen, and implement 
policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement 
regarding cases of missing and murdered Indians, as 
described in section 4 of Savanna’s Act. 
‘‘(27) To compile and annually report data to 
the Attorney General related to missing and mur-
dered Indians, as described in section 6 of Savanna’s 
Act.’’. 
(2) GRANTS
TO
INDIAN
TRIBAL
GOVERN-
MENTS.—Section 2015(a) of part T of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10452(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(B) in paragraph (10), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) to develop, strengthen, and implement 
policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement 
regarding cases of missing and murdered Indians, as 
described in section 4 of Savanna’s Act; and 
‘‘(12) to compile and annually report data to 
the Attorney General related to missing and mur-
dered Indians, as described in section 6 of Savanna’s 
Act.’’. 
(b) INCENTIVES.— 
(1) GUIDELINES.—For law enforcement agen-
cies that the Attorney General determines to have 
incorporated guidelines in accordance with section 4, 
the Attorney General shall increase the amount pro-
vided to that government through the grants under 
parts T and U of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and by no more 
than five percent for two years following the finding 
of compliance. 
(2) DATA
REPORTING.—For law enforcement 
agencies that the Attorney General has determined 
submitted the information requested under para-
graph (1) for the fiscal year in which the report was 
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published, the Attorney General shall increase the 
amount provided to that government through grants 
under parts T and U of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 by no 
more than five percent over the previous year for not 
more than 2 fiscal years after the determination 
under this paragraph. 
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning in the first fis-
cal year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attor-
ney General shall include in its annual Indian Country In-
vestigations and Prosecutions report to Congress informa-
tion that— 
(1) includes known statistics on missing Indians 
in the United States, available to the Department of 
Justice, including— 
(A) age; 
(B) gender; 
(C) Tribal enrollment information or affili-
ation, if available; 
(D) the current number of open cases per 
State; 
(E) the total number of closed cases per 
State each calendar year, from the most recent 
10 calendar years; and 
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(F) other relevant information the Attor-
ney General determines is appropriate; 
(2) includes known statistics on murdered Indi-
ans in the United States, available to the Depart-
ment of Justice, including— 
(A) age; 
(B) gender; 
(C) Tribal enrollment information or affili-
ation, if available; 
(D) the current number of open cases per 
State; 
(E) the total number of closed cases per 
State each calendar year, from the most recent 
10 calendar years; and 
(F) other relevant information the Attor-
ney General determines is appropriate; 
(3) maintains victim privacy to the greatest ex-
tent possible by excluding information that can be 
used on its own or with other information to iden-
tify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify 
an individual in context; and 
(4) includes— 
(A) an explanation of why the statistics de-
scribed in paragraph (1) may not be com-
prehensive; and 
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(B) recommendations on how data collec-
tion on missing and murdered Indians may be 
improved, including by addressing cross-juris-
dictional barriers at the State, local, and tribal 
law enforcement level. 
(b) COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in the first fiscal 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, for the purpose of compiling accu-
rate data for the annual report required under sub-
section (a), the Attorney General shall request all 
Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to 
submit to the Department of Justice, to the fullest 
extent possible, all relevant information collected by 
the agency, as determined by the Attorney General 
in consultation with Indian Tribes. 
(2) DISCLOSURE.—The Attorney General shall 
disclose and publish annually, including on the 
website of the Department of Justice, the name of 
each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency 
that the Attorney General has determined has sub-
mitted the information requested under paragraph 
(1) for the fiscal year in which the report was pub-
lished. 
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(c) INCLUSION OF GENDER IN MISSING AND UN-
IDENTIFIED PERSONS STATISTICS.—Beginning in the 
first calendar year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and annually thereafter, the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall include gender in its annual statistics on missing 
and unidentified persons published on its public website. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
DATABASES.—The 
term 
‘‘databases’’ 
means— 
(A) the National Crime Information Center 
database; 
(B) the Combined DNA Index System; 
(C) the Next Generation Identification 
System; and 
(D) any other database relevant to re-
sponding to cases of missing and murdered In-
dians, including that under the Violent Criminal 
Apprehension Program and the National Miss-
ing and Unidentified Persons System. 
(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a 
member of an Indian Tribe. 
(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 
of title 18, United States Code. 
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(4) INDIAN
LAND.—The term ‘‘Indian land’’ 
means Indian lands, as defined in section 3 of the 
Native American Business Development, Trade Pro-
motion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 U.S.C. 4302). 
(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(6) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a Tribal, Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agency. 
Æ 
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