BADGES for Native Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-4289
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Employee hiring
Evidence and witnesses
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal-Indian relations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Minority health
Missing persons
Personnel records
State and local government operations
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: 

Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities Act

 
This bill modifies policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting and investigation of missing, unidentified, and murdered Native Americans. Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to do the following:
 
 
share information with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on missing persons and unidentified remains,
 
ensure technical assistance and training are provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and tribal law enforcement agencies to utilize the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and other national databases,
 
establish the Tribal Access Program to enhance the ability of tribal governments to access and enter information into federal criminal information databases,
 
establish a grant program for specified entities to implement changes to enhance response to missing person and murder cases of interest to tribes, and
 
work with the Indian Health Service and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to ensure resources for mental health wellness programs are available to tribal and BIA law enforcement officers experiencing occupational stress.
 
 
The bill expands access to (1) the national crime information database for NamUs, and (2) the NCIC for each tribal justice official.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the BIA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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: 2019-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Introduced in House