Title: A bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
This bill makes changes to the Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, which was established to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians.
Specifically, the bill extends the joint commission for an additional 18 months. It also extends the deadline, from 18 months to 36 months, for the joint commission to make publicly available and submit recommendations to the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and specified congressional committees.
Additionally, the bill (1) directs Interior and DOJ to contribute the funds necessary for the operation of the joint commission; and (2) allows the joint commission to accept and use gifts or donations of services or property from Indian tribes or tribal entities, academic institutions, or other not-for-profit organizations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5087

     To amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide 
    additional support for, the activities of the Department of the 
  Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing 
         Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2022

    Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide 
    additional support for, the activities of the Department of the 
  Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing 
         Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF, 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              JUSTICE JOINT COMMISSION ON REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME 
              AGAINST INDIANS.

    (a) Extension of Commission and Activities of the Commission.--
Section 4 of the Not Invisible Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-166; 134 
Stat. 767) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``18 months after 
        the enactment'' and inserting ``36 months after the date of 
        enactment''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``2 years'' and 
        inserting ``42 months''.
    (b) Additional Support for Activities of Commission.--Section 4(b) 
of the Not Invisible Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-166; 134 Stat. 767) is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``; Operation'' 
        after ``Membership''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Funding.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Attorney General shall contribute the funds necessary for the 
        operation of the Commission.
            ``(8) Gifts.--The Commission may accept and use gifts or 
        donations of services or property from Indian tribes or Tribal 
        entities, academic institutions, or other not-for-profit 
        organizations as it considers necessary to carry out the duties 
        of the Commission described in subsection (c).''.
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