HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 8 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the united states department of justice to INCLUDE HAWAII IN THE MISSING OR MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS REGIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 8
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.R. NO.
8
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE RESOLUTION
urging the united states department of justice to INCLUDE HAWAII IN THE MISSING OR MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS REGIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, indigenous persons, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, are frequently victims of violence; and WHEREAS, the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center describes the high incidence of missing and murdered indigenous women as being part of a "spectrum of violence" that many indigenous women experience, including domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual violence; and WHEREAS, according to the National Institute of Justice, there were eight hundred seventy-five missing indigenous persons cases in the United States as of July 2024; and WHEREAS, in 2021, President Biden's Executive Order No. 14053 recognized the need to "address the crisis of ongoing violence against Native Americans - and of missing or murdered indigenous people"; and WHEREAS, in response to the president's order, the United States Department of Justice established the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach program, to help prevent, solve, and prosecute missing or murdered indigenous person cases; and WHEREAS, for purposes of the program, United States Attorneys' Offices in Alaska, Arizona, Eastern Washington, Minnesota, New Mexico, Northern Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Western Michigan were each assigned five assistant United States Attorneys and five Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinators; and WHEREAS, Hawaii has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita in the nation, with 7.5 missing persons per hundred thousand residents; and WHEREAS, a disproportionate number of the missing persons in Hawaii are indigenous, specifically Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; and WHEREAS, Hawaii would greatly benefit from dedicated federal resources to help address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons in the State; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the United States Department of Justice is requested to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the United States Attorney General and United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
WHEREAS, indigenous persons, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, are frequently victims of violence; and
WHEREAS, the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center describes the high incidence of missing and murdered indigenous women as being part of a "spectrum of violence" that many indigenous women experience, including domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual violence; and
WHEREAS, according to the National Institute of Justice, there were eight hundred seventy-five missing indigenous persons cases in the United States as of July 2024; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, President Biden's Executive Order No. 14053 recognized the need to "address the crisis of ongoing violence against Native Americans - and of missing or murdered indigenous people"; and
WHEREAS, in response to the president's order, the United States Department of Justice established the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach program, to help prevent, solve, and prosecute missing or murdered indigenous person cases; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of the program, United States Attorneys' Offices in Alaska, Arizona, Eastern Washington, Minnesota, New Mexico, Northern Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Western Michigan were each assigned five assistant United States Attorneys and five Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinators; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita in the nation, with 7.5 missing persons per hundred thousand residents; and
WHEREAS, a disproportionate number of the missing persons in Hawaii are indigenous, specifically Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii would greatly benefit from dedicated federal resources to help address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons in the State; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the United States Department of Justice is requested to include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the United States Attorney General and United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii.
OFFERED BY: _____________________________
OFFERED BY:
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Report Title: United States Department of Justice; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Report Title:
United States Department of Justice; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women