Not Invisible Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-2438
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2019-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Missing persons
State and local government operations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: 

Not Invisible Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related to missing Indians and the murder and human trafficking of Indians.
 
In addition, Interior and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must (1) establish an advisory committee on violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians, and (2) submit a written response to the recommendations developed by the advisory committee.
 
The advisory committee must
 
 
make recommendations to Interior and DOJ on actions to combat violent crime against Indians and within Indian lands, including strategies for identifying, reporting, and responding to instances of missing persons, murder, and human trafficking; and
 
develop best practices for tribes and law enforcement officials in close proximity to Indian lands to follow, including practices to address any gaps in services for Indian victims. 


action_date: 2020-09-16
text: 

Not Invisible Act of 2020

 
This bill increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related to missing Indians and the murder and human trafficking of Indians.
 
In addition, Interior and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must (1) establish a joint commission on violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians, and (2) submit a written response to the recommendations developed by the joint commission.
 
The joint commission must develop and make publicly available recommendations to Interior and DOJ on actions to combat violent crime against Indians and within Indian lands, including recommendations for identifying, reporting, and responding to instances of missing persons, murder, and human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-509, Part I.
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-509, Part I.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2019-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Introduced in House