TRAC Act

Bill: 116-s-1892
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2019-06-19
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Federal-Indian relations

Indian social and development programs

Law enforcement administration and funding

Missing persons

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Tribal Reporting and Accountability to Congress Act or TRAC Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires tribal liaisons (appointed Assistant U.S. Attorneys) to submit an annual report on missing and murdered Native Americans in their district. Among other elements, the report should include the number of open missing and murdered Native American cases as well as the number of resolved missing and murdered Native American cases.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1892 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 19, 2019 Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To require tribal liaisons to submit to Congress reports on missing and murdered Indians.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Reporting and Accountability to Congress Act or the TRAC Act . 2. Report on missing and murdered Indians Section 13 of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2810 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Report on missing and murdered Indians Each tribal liaison appointed under this section shall submit to Congress an annual report that includes, with respect to the district— (1) the number of open missing Indians cases; (2) the number of open murdered Indians cases; (3) the number of missing and murdered Indians cases resolved; (4) the number of missing and murdered Indians cases reported each year; (5) the number of missing and murdered Indians cold cases; (6) the number of individuals the Department of Justice has actively working on missing and murdered Indians cases; (7) the number of cases referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement agencies; and (8) the number cases declined to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice and the reasons why each case was not prosecuted. .