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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 390 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing |
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| 6 | 6 | | or murdered Indians, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTEZMASTO(for herself, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. GALLEGO, and Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | R |
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| 12 | 12 | | OUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Indian Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on |
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| 16 | 16 | | cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) S |
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| 22 | 22 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Native Communities Act’’ or the ‘‘BADGES for Native 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Communities Act’’. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) T |
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| 27 | 27 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | this Act is as follows: 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. |
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| 34 | 34 | | TITLE I—BRIDGING AGENCY DATA GAPS |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 101. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System Tribal facilitator. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 102. Report on Indian country law enforcement personnel resources and |
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| 37 | 37 | | need. |
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| 38 | 38 | | TITLE II—ENSURING SAFETY FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 201. Demonstration program on Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement |
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| 40 | 40 | | employment background checks. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 202. Missing or murdered response coordination grant program. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Sec. 203. GAO study on Federal law enforcement agency evidence collection, |
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| 43 | 43 | | handling, and processing. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 204. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement officer coun- |
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| 45 | 45 | | seling resources interdepartmental coordination. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) D |
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| 50 | 50 | | EATH INVESTIGATION.—The term ‘‘death 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | investigation’’ has the meaning determined by the 4 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Attorney General. 5 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | EATH INVESTIGATION OF INTEREST TO 6 |
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| 55 | 55 | | INDIAN TRIBES.—The term ‘‘death investigation of 7 |
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| 56 | 56 | | interest to Indian Tribes’’ means a case involving— 8 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (A) a death investigation into the death of 9 |
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| 58 | 58 | | an Indian; or 10 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (B) a death investigation of a person found 11 |
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| 60 | 60 | | on, in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village. 12 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) D |
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| 62 | 62 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 13 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the Deputy Bureau Director of the Office of Justice 14 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 15 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) F |
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| 66 | 66 | | EDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY .— 16 |
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| 67 | 67 | | The term ‘‘Federal law enforcement agency’’ means 17 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of In-1 |
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| 72 | 72 | | dian Affairs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2 |
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| 73 | 73 | | and any other Federal law enforcement agency 3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | that— 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (A) has jurisdiction over crimes in Indian 5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | country; or 6 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B) investigates missing persons cases of 7 |
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| 78 | 78 | | interest to Indian Tribes, death investigations 8 |
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| 79 | 79 | | of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed human 9 |
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| 80 | 80 | | remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes, or 10 |
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| 81 | 81 | | unidentified remains cases of interest to Indian 11 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Tribes. 12 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (5) I |
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| 84 | 84 | | NDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ has the mean-13 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ing given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self- 14 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 15 |
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| 87 | 87 | | U.S.C. 5304). 16 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (6) I |
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| 89 | 89 | | NDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-17 |
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| 90 | 90 | | try’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1151 18 |
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| 91 | 91 | | of title 18, United States Code. 19 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (7) I |
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| 93 | 93 | | NDIAN LAND.—The term ‘‘Indian land’’ 20 |
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| 94 | 94 | | has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian lands’’ in 21 |
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| 95 | 95 | | section 3 of the Native American Business Develop-22 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ment, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 23 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (25 U.S.C. 4302). 24 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (8) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 1 |
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| 102 | 102 | | has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 2 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 3 |
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| 104 | 104 | | Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 4 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (9) M |
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| 106 | 106 | | ISSING PERSONS CASE OF INTEREST TO 5 |
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| 107 | 107 | | INDIAN TRIBES.—The term ‘‘missing persons case of 6 |
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| 108 | 108 | | interest to Indian Tribes’’ means a case involving— 7 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (A) a missing Indian; or 8 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (B) a missing person whose last known lo-9 |
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| 111 | 111 | | cation is believed to be on, in, or adjacent to In-10 |
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| 112 | 112 | | dian land or a Village. 11 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (10) N |
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| 114 | 114 | | ATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION DATA -12 |
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| 115 | 115 | | BASES.—The term ‘‘national crime information 13 |
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| 116 | 116 | | databases’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-14 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tion 534(f)(3) of title 28, United States Code. 15 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (11) R |
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| 119 | 119 | | ELEVANT TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .—The 16 |
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| 120 | 120 | | term ‘‘relevant Tribal organization’’ means, as appli-17 |
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| 121 | 121 | | cable— 18 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (A) a Tribal organization or an urban In-19 |
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| 123 | 123 | | dian organization; and 20 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (B) a national or regional organization 21 |
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| 125 | 125 | | that— 22 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (i) represents a substantial Indian 23 |
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| 127 | 127 | | constituency; and 24 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (ii) has expertise in the fields of— 25 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (I) human trafficking of Indians; 1 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (II) human trafficking on Indian 2 |
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| 134 | 134 | | land or in a Village; 3 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (III) violence against Indians; 4 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (IV) missing or murdered Indige-5 |
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| 137 | 137 | | nous persons; or 6 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (V) Tribal justice systems. 7 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (12) S |
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| 140 | 140 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 8 |
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| 141 | 141 | | means the Secretary of the Interior. 9 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (13) S |
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| 143 | 143 | | EXUAL VIOLENCE CASE OF INTEREST TO 10 |
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| 144 | 144 | | INDIAN TRIBES.—The term ‘‘sexual violence case of 11 |
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| 145 | 145 | | interest to Indian Tribes’’ means a case involving an 12 |
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| 146 | 146 | | allegation of sexual violence (as defined in section 13 |
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| 147 | 147 | | 204(a) of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(a))). 14 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (14) T |
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| 149 | 149 | | RIBAL JUSTICE OFFICIAL .—The term 15 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘Tribal justice official’’ has the meaning given the 16 |
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| 151 | 151 | | term ‘‘tribal justice official’’ in section 2 of the In-17 |
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| 152 | 152 | | dian Law Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 153 | 153 | | 2801). 19 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (15) T |
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| 155 | 155 | | RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Trib-20 |
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| 156 | 156 | | al organization’’ has the meaning given the term in 21 |
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| 157 | 157 | | section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-22 |
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| 158 | 158 | | cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 23 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (16) U |
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| 160 | 160 | | NCLAIMED HUMAN REMAINS CASE OF IN -24 |
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| 161 | 161 | | TEREST TO INDIAN TRIBES .—The term ‘‘unclaimed 25 |
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| 165 | 165 | | human remains case of interest to Indian Tribes’’ 1 |
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| 166 | 166 | | means a case involving— 2 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (A) unclaimed Indian remains identified by 3 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Federal, Tribal, State, or local law enforcement; 4 |
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| 169 | 169 | | or 5 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (B) unclaimed human remains found on, 6 |
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| 171 | 171 | | in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village. 7 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (17) U |
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| 173 | 173 | | NIDENTIFIED REMAINS CASE OF INTER -8 |
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| 174 | 174 | | EST TO INDIAN TRIBES.—The term ‘‘unidentified re-9 |
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| 175 | 175 | | mains case of interest to Indian Tribes’’ means a 10 |
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| 176 | 176 | | case involving— 11 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (A) unidentified Indian remains; or 12 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (B) unidentified remains found on, in, or 13 |
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| 179 | 179 | | adjacent to Indian land or a Village. 14 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (18) U |
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| 181 | 181 | | RBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION .—The term 15 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘urban Indian organization’’ has the meaning given 16 |
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| 183 | 183 | | the term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Im-17 |
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| 184 | 184 | | provement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603). 18 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (19) V |
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| 186 | 186 | | ILLAGE.—The term ‘‘Village’’ means the 19 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or 20 |
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| 188 | 188 | | any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 21 |
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| 189 | 189 | | 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 22 |
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| 190 | 190 | | U.S.C. 1602)), as depicted on the applicable Tribal 23 |
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| 191 | 191 | | Statistical Area Program Verification Map of the 24 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Bureau of the Census. 25 |
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| 196 | 196 | | TITLE I—BRIDGING AGENCY 1 |
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| 197 | 197 | | DATA GAPS 2 |
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| 198 | 198 | | SEC. 101. NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS 3 |
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| 199 | 199 | | SYSTEM TRIBAL FACILITATOR. 4 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (a) A |
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| 201 | 201 | | PPOINTMENT.—The Attorney General shall ap-5 |
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| 202 | 202 | | point 1 or more Tribal facilitators for the National Miss-6 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ing and Unidentified Persons System. 7 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (b) D |
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| 205 | 205 | | UTIES.—The duties of a Tribal facilitator ap-8 |
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| 206 | 206 | | pointed under subsection (a) shall include— 9 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (1) coordinating the reporting of information 10 |
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| 208 | 208 | | relating to missing persons cases of interest to In-11 |
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| 209 | 209 | | dian Tribes, unclaimed human remains cases of in-12 |
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| 210 | 210 | | terest to Indian Tribes, and unidentified remains 13 |
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| 211 | 211 | | cases of interest to Indian Tribes; 14 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (2) consulting and coordinating with Indian 15 |
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| 213 | 213 | | Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations to address 16 |
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| 214 | 214 | | the reporting, documentation, and tracking of miss-17 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, un-18 |
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| 216 | 216 | | claimed human remains cases of Interest to Indian 19 |
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| 217 | 217 | | Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to 20 |
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| 218 | 218 | | Indian Tribes; 21 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (3) developing working relationships, and main-22 |
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| 220 | 220 | | taining communication, with Indian Tribes and rel-23 |
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| 221 | 221 | | evant Tribal organizations; 24 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (4) providing technical assistance and training 1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | to Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations, 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | victim service advocates, medical examiners, coro-3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ners, and Tribal justice officials regarding— 4 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (A) the gathering and reporting of infor-5 |
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| 230 | 230 | | mation to the National Missing and Unidenti-6 |
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| 231 | 231 | | fied Persons System; and 7 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (B) working with non-Tribal law enforce-8 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ment agencies to encourage missing persons 9 |
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| 234 | 234 | | cases of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed 10 |
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| 235 | 235 | | human remains cases of interest to Indian 11 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of inter-12 |
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| 237 | 237 | | est to Indian Tribes are reported to the Na-13 |
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| 238 | 238 | | tional Missing and Unidentified Persons Sys-14 |
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| 239 | 239 | | tem; 15 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (5) coordinating with the Office of Tribal Jus-16 |
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| 241 | 241 | | tice, the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of 17 |
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| 242 | 242 | | Indian Affairs, the Executive Office for United 18 |
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| 243 | 243 | | States Attorneys, the Federal Bureau of Investiga-19 |
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| 244 | 244 | | tion, State law enforcement agencies, and the Na-20 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tional Indian Country Training Initiative, as nec-21 |
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| 246 | 246 | | essary; and 22 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (6) conducting other training, information gath-23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ering, and outreach activities to improve resolution 24 |
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| 249 | 249 | | of missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, 25 |
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| 254 | 254 | | Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to 2 |
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| 255 | 255 | | Indian Tribes. 3 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (c) R |
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| 257 | 257 | | EPORTING ANDTRANSPARENCY.— 4 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (1) A |
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| 259 | 259 | | NNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS .—During 5 |
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| 260 | 260 | | the 3-year-period beginning on the date of enact-6 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting 7 |
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| 262 | 262 | | through the Director of the National Institute of 8 |
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| 263 | 263 | | Justice, shall submit to the Committees on Indian 9 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the 10 |
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| 265 | 265 | | Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, 11 |
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| 266 | 266 | | the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of 12 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Representatives an annual report describing the ac-13 |
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| 268 | 268 | | tivities and accomplishments of the Tribal 14 |
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| 269 | 269 | | facilitators appointed under subsection (a) during 15 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the 1-year period preceding the date of the report. 16 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (2) P |
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| 272 | 272 | | UBLIC TRANSPARENCY .—Annually, the At-17 |
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| 273 | 273 | | torney General, acting through the Director of the 18 |
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| 274 | 274 | | National Institute of Justice, shall publish on a 19 |
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| 275 | 275 | | website publicly accessible information describing the 20 |
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| 276 | 276 | | activities and accomplishments of the Tribal 21 |
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| 277 | 277 | | facilitators appointed under subsection (a) during 22 |
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| 278 | 278 | | the 1-year period preceding the date of the publica-23 |
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| 279 | 279 | | tion. 24 |
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| 283 | 283 | | SEC. 102. REPORT ON INDIAN COUNTRY LAW ENFORCE-1 |
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| 284 | 284 | | MENT PERSONNEL RESOURCES AND NEED. 2 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (a) O |
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| 286 | 286 | | FFICE OFJUSTICESERVICES OF THEBUREAU 3 |
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| 287 | 287 | | OFINDIANAFFAIRS.—Section 3(c)(16) of the Indian Law 4 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2802(c)(16)) is 5 |
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| 289 | 289 | | amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 6 |
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| 290 | 290 | | following: 7 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(C) a list of the unmet— 8 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(i) staffing needs of law enforcement, 9 |
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| 293 | 293 | | corrections, and court personnel, including 10 |
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| 294 | 294 | | criminal investigators, medical examiners, 11 |
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| 295 | 295 | | coroners, forensic technicians, indigent de-12 |
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| 296 | 296 | | fense staff, crime victim services staff, and 13 |
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| 297 | 297 | | prosecution staff, at Tribal and Bureau 14 |
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| 298 | 298 | | justice agencies, including the Missing and 15 |
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| 299 | 299 | | Murdered Unit of the Office of Justice 16 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Services of the Bureau; 17 |
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| 301 | 301 | | ‘‘(ii) replacement and repair needs of 18 |
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| 302 | 302 | | Tribal and Bureau corrections facilities; 19 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(iii) infrastructure and capital needs 20 |
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| 304 | 304 | | for Tribal police and court facilities, in-21 |
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| 305 | 305 | | cluding evidence storage and processing; 22 |
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| 306 | 306 | | and 23 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ‘‘(iv) public safety and emergency 24 |
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| 308 | 308 | | communications and technology needs, in-25 |
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| 312 | 312 | | cluding equipment and internet capacity 1 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (b) D |
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| 315 | 315 | | EPARTMENT OFJUSTICE.— 3 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (1) D |
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| 317 | 317 | | EFINITION OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 4 |
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| 318 | 318 | | LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY .—In this subsection, 5 |
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| 319 | 319 | | the term ‘‘Department of Justice law enforcement 6 |
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| 320 | 320 | | agency’’ means each of— 7 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 8 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (B) the Drug Enforcement Administration; 9 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (C) the United States Marshals Service; 10 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (D) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-11 |
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| 325 | 325 | | arms and Explosives; and 12 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (E) the Offices of the United States Attor-13 |
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| 327 | 327 | | neys. 14 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (2) A |
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| 329 | 329 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Each fiscal year, the 15 |
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| 330 | 330 | | Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on 16 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of 17 |
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| 332 | 332 | | the Senate and the Committees on Natural Re-18 |
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| 333 | 333 | | sources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the 19 |
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| 334 | 334 | | House of Representatives a report for that fiscal 20 |
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| 335 | 335 | | year that includes— 21 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (A) the number of full-time employees of 22 |
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| 337 | 337 | | each Department of Justice law enforcement 23 |
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| 338 | 338 | | agency that are assigned to work on criminal 24 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (B) the percentage of time the full-time 3 |
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| 345 | 345 | | employees, as identified under subparagraph 4 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (A), spend specifically working in Indian coun-5 |
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| 347 | 347 | | try; 6 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (C) the turnover rate during the 5-year pe-7 |
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| 349 | 349 | | riod preceding the report of full-time employees 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | assigned to work on criminal investigations and 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | prosecutions in Indian country; 10 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (D) the average years of experience at the 11 |
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| 353 | 353 | | Department of Justice of full-time employees 12 |
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| 354 | 354 | | assigned to work on criminal investigations and 13 |
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| 355 | 355 | | prosecutions in Indian country; 14 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (E) the number of vacant positions with 15 |
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| 357 | 357 | | responsibilities for criminal investigations and 16 |
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| 358 | 358 | | prosecutions in Indian country; 17 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (F) an identification of expertise and skills 18 |
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| 360 | 360 | | necessary to achieve the strategic goals of the 19 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Department of Justice relating to public safety 20 |
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| 362 | 362 | | in Indian country; 21 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (G) an estimate of the number of employ-22 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ees needed with specific skills and competencies 23 |
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| 365 | 365 | | to fulfill responsibilities assigned for criminal 24 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (H) a list of measures identified to indicate 3 |
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| 372 | 372 | | whether and how the Department of Justice 4 |
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| 373 | 373 | | plans to execute its hiring, retention, and train-5 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ing strategies. 6 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (3) GAO |
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| 376 | 376 | | STUDY AND REPORT.— 7 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (A) S |
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| 378 | 378 | | TUDY.— 8 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (i) I |
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| 380 | 380 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 18 9 |
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| 381 | 381 | | months after the date on which the first 10 |
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| 382 | 382 | | annual report is submitted under para-11 |
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| 383 | 383 | | graph (2), the Comptroller General of the 12 |
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| 384 | 384 | | United States shall conduct a review of 13 |
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| 385 | 385 | | unmet staffing identified by the Depart-14 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ment of Justice law enforcement agencies 15 |
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| 387 | 387 | | tasked with work on criminal investigations 16 |
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| 388 | 388 | | and prosecutions in Indian country. 17 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (ii) R |
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| 390 | 390 | | EQUIREMENT.—In conducting 18 |
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| 391 | 391 | | the study required under clause (i), the 19 |
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| 392 | 392 | | Comptroller General of the United States 20 |
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| 393 | 393 | | shall take into account the results of the 21 |
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| 394 | 394 | | most recent report, as of the date of enact-22 |
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| 395 | 395 | | ment of this Act, relating to Indian coun-23 |
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| 396 | 396 | | try investigations and prosecutions pre-24 |
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| 397 | 397 | | pared by the Attorney General pursuant to 25 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ment Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2809(b)). 2 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (B) R |
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| 404 | 404 | | EPORT.—On completion of the review 3 |
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| 405 | 405 | | under subparagraph (A), the Comptroller Gen-4 |
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| 406 | 406 | | eral of the United States shall submit to the 5 |
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| 407 | 407 | | Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, 6 |
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| 408 | 408 | | and Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-7 |
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| 409 | 409 | | mittees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, 8 |
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| 410 | 410 | | and Appropriations of the House of Representa-9 |
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| 411 | 411 | | tives a report that describes the results of the 10 |
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| 412 | 412 | | study, including, as appropriate, proposals for 11 |
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| 413 | 413 | | methods by which the Department of Justice 12 |
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| 414 | 414 | | can better measure its unmet staffing and other 13 |
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| 415 | 415 | | needs for Department of Justice law enforce-14 |
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| 416 | 416 | | ment agencies tasked with work on criminal in-15 |
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| 417 | 417 | | vestigations and prosecutions in Indian country. 16 |
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| 418 | 418 | | TITLE II—ENSURING SAFETY 17 |
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| 419 | 419 | | FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES 18 |
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| 420 | 420 | | SEC. 201. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON BUREAU OF IN-19 |
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| 421 | 421 | | DIAN AFFAIRS LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOY-20 |
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| 422 | 422 | | MENT BACKGROUND CHECKS. 21 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (a) E |
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| 424 | 424 | | STABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION PRO-22 |
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| 425 | 425 | | GRAM.— 23 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (1) I |
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| 427 | 427 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 24 |
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| 433 | 433 | | rector, personnel background investigations for ap-2 |
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| 434 | 434 | | plicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau 3 |
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| 435 | 435 | | of Indian Affairs. 4 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (2) B |
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| 437 | 437 | | ACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND SECU -5 |
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| 438 | 438 | | RITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS .— 6 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (A) BIA |
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| 440 | 440 | | INVESTIGATIONS.—As part of the 7 |
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| 441 | 441 | | demonstration program established under para-8 |
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| 442 | 442 | | graph (1), the Secretary may carry out a back-9 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ground investigation, security clearance deter-10 |
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| 444 | 444 | | mination, or both a background investigation 11 |
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| 445 | 445 | | and a security clearance determination for an 12 |
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| 446 | 446 | | applicant for a law enforcement position in the 13 |
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| 447 | 447 | | Bureau of Indian Affairs. 14 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (B) A |
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| 449 | 449 | | GREEMENTS.—The Secretary may 15 |
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| 450 | 450 | | enter into a memorandum of agreement with a 16 |
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| 451 | 451 | | State or local government, Indian Tribe, or 17 |
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| 452 | 452 | | Tribal organization to develop steps to expedite 18 |
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| 453 | 453 | | the process of receiving and obtaining access to 19 |
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| 454 | 454 | | information pertinent to background investiga-20 |
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| 455 | 455 | | tion and security clearance determinations for 21 |
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| 456 | 456 | | use in the demonstration program. 22 |
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| 457 | 457 | | (3) S |
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| 458 | 458 | | UNSET.—The demonstration program es-23 |
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| 459 | 459 | | tablished under paragraph (1) shall terminate 5 24 |
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| 464 | 464 | | demonstration program. 2 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (b) S |
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| 466 | 466 | | UFFICIENCY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-3 |
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| 467 | 467 | | sion of law, a background investigation conducted or adju-4 |
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| 468 | 468 | | dicated by the Secretary pursuant to the demonstration 5 |
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| 469 | 469 | | program established under subsection (a)(1) that results 6 |
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| 470 | 470 | | in the granting of a security clearance to an applicant for 7 |
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| 471 | 471 | | a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs 8 |
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| 472 | 472 | | shall be sufficient to meet the applicable requirements of 9 |
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| 473 | 473 | | the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal 10 |
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| 474 | 474 | | agency for such investigations. 11 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (c) R |
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| 476 | 476 | | EPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 12 |
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| 477 | 477 | | on which the demonstration program is established under 13 |
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| 478 | 478 | | subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the Com-14 |
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| 479 | 479 | | mittees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropria-15 |
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| 480 | 480 | | tions of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Re-16 |
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| 481 | 481 | | sources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House 17 |
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| 482 | 482 | | of Representatives a report on the demonstration pro-18 |
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| 483 | 483 | | gram, which shall include a description of— 19 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (1) the demonstration program and any rec-20 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ommended changes or updates to the demonstration 21 |
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| 486 | 486 | | program, including whether the demonstration pro-22 |
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| 487 | 487 | | gram should be reauthorized; 23 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (2) the number of background investigations 24 |
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| 489 | 489 | | carried out under the demonstration program; 25 |
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| 494 | 494 | | ated with the investigation and adjudication process 2 |
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| 495 | 495 | | under the demonstration program; 3 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (4) the processing times for the investigation 4 |
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| 497 | 497 | | and adjudication processes under the demonstration 5 |
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| 498 | 498 | | program; and 6 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (5) any other information that the Secretary 7 |
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| 500 | 500 | | determines to be relevant. 8 |
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| 501 | 501 | | SEC. 202. MISSING OR MURDERED RESPONSE COORDINA-9 |
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| 502 | 502 | | TION GRANT PROGRAM. 10 |
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| 503 | 503 | | (a) E |
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| 504 | 504 | | STABLISHMENT OF GRANTPROGRAM.—The At-11 |
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| 505 | 505 | | torney General shall establish within the Office of Justice 12 |
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| 506 | 506 | | Programs a grant program under which the Attorney Gen-13 |
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| 507 | 507 | | eral shall make grants to eligible entities described in sub-14 |
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| 508 | 508 | | section (b) to carry out eligible activities described in sub-15 |
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| 509 | 509 | | section (c). 16 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (b) E |
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| 511 | 511 | | LIGIBLEENTITIES.— 17 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (1) I |
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| 513 | 513 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 18 |
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| 514 | 514 | | grant under the grant program established under 19 |
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| 515 | 515 | | subsection (a) an entity shall be— 20 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (A) an Indian Tribe; 21 |
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| 517 | 517 | | (B) a relevant Tribal organization; 22 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (C) subject to paragraph (2), a State, in 23 |
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| 519 | 519 | | consortium with— 24 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and 25 |
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| 525 | 525 | | any; 2 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (D) a consortium of 2 or more Indian 3 |
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| 527 | 527 | | Tribes or relevant Tribal organizations; or 4 |
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| 528 | 528 | | (E) subject to paragraph (2), a consortium 5 |
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| 529 | 529 | | of 2 or more States in consortium with— 6 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and 7 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (ii) relevant Tribal organizations, if 8 |
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| 532 | 532 | | any. 9 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (2) S |
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| 534 | 534 | | TATE ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible under 10 |
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| 535 | 535 | | subparagraph (C) or (E) of paragraph (1), a State 11 |
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| 536 | 536 | | shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Attorney 12 |
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| 537 | 537 | | General that the State— 13 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (A)(i) reports missing persons cases in the 14 |
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| 539 | 539 | | State to the national crime information data-15 |
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| 540 | 540 | | bases; or 16 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (ii) if not, has a plan to do so using a 17 |
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| 542 | 542 | | grant received under the grant program estab-18 |
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| 543 | 543 | | lished under subsection (a); and 19 |
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| 544 | 544 | | (B) if data sharing between the State and 20 |
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| 545 | 545 | | the Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organiza-21 |
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| 546 | 546 | | tions with which the State is in consortium is 22 |
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| 547 | 547 | | part of the intended use of the grant received 23 |
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| 548 | 548 | | under the grant program established under sub-24 |
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| 549 | 549 | | section (a), has entered into a memorandum of 25 |
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| 553 | 553 | | understanding with each applicable Indian 1 |
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| 554 | 554 | | Tribe and relevant Tribal organization. 2 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (c) E |
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| 556 | 556 | | LIGIBLEACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity receiv-3 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ing a grant under the grant program established under 4 |
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| 558 | 558 | | subsection (a) may use the grant— 5 |
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| 559 | 559 | | (1) to establish a statewide or regional center— 6 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (A) to document and track— 7 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (i) missing persons cases of interest to 8 |
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| 562 | 562 | | Indian Tribes; 9 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (ii) sexual violence cases of interest to 10 |
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| 564 | 564 | | Indian Tribes; and 11 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (iii) death investigations of interest to 12 |
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| 566 | 566 | | Indian Tribes; and 13 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (B) to input information regarding missing 14 |
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| 568 | 568 | | persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, un-15 |
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| 569 | 569 | | claimed human remains cases of interest to In-16 |
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| 570 | 570 | | dian Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of 17 |
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| 571 | 571 | | interest to Indian Tribes into the National 18 |
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| 572 | 572 | | Missing and Unidentified Persons System and 19 |
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| 573 | 573 | | the Missing Persons File in the National Crime 20 |
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| 574 | 574 | | Information Center; 21 |
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| 575 | 575 | | (2) to establish a State or regional commission 22 |
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| 576 | 576 | | to respond to, and to improve coordination between 23 |
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| 577 | 577 | | Federal law enforcement agencies, and Tribal, State, 24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | and local law enforcement agencies of the investiga-25 |
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| 582 | 582 | | tion of, missing persons cases of interest to Indian 1 |
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| 583 | 583 | | Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian 2 |
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| 584 | 584 | | Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian 3 |
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| 585 | 585 | | Tribes; and 4 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (3) to document, develop, and disseminate re-5 |
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| 587 | 587 | | sources for the coordination and improvement of the 6 |
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| 588 | 588 | | investigation of missing persons cases of interest to 7 |
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| 589 | 589 | | Indian Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to In-8 |
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| 590 | 590 | | dian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to 9 |
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| 591 | 591 | | Indian Tribes, including to develop local or statewide 10 |
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| 592 | 592 | | rapid notification or communication systems for 11 |
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| 593 | 593 | | alerts and other information relating to those cases. 12 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (d) A |
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| 595 | 595 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 13 |
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| 596 | 596 | | authorized to be appropriated to carry out the grant pro-14 |
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| 597 | 597 | | gram established under subsection (a)(1) $1,000,000 for 15 |
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| 598 | 598 | | each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 16 |
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| 599 | 599 | | SEC. 203. GAO STUDY ON FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 17 |
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| 600 | 600 | | AGENCY EVIDENCE COLLECTION, HANDLING, 18 |
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| 601 | 601 | | AND PROCESSING. 19 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (a) I |
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| 603 | 603 | | NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 20 |
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| 604 | 604 | | United States shall conduct a study— 21 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (1) on the evidence collection, handling, re-22 |
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| 606 | 606 | | sponse times, and processing procedures and prac-23 |
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| 607 | 607 | | tices of the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau 24 |
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| 608 | 608 | | of Indian Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Inves-25 |
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| 612 | 612 | | tigation in exercising jurisdiction over crimes involv-1 |
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| 613 | 613 | | ing Indians or committed in Indian country; 2 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (2) on barriers to evidence collection, handling, 3 |
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| 615 | 615 | | response times, and processing identified by the 4 |
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| 616 | 616 | | agencies referred to in paragraph (1); 5 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (3) on the views of law enforcement officials at 6 |
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| 618 | 618 | | the agencies referred to in paragraph (1) and their 7 |
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| 619 | 619 | | counterparts within the Offices of the United States 8 |
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| 620 | 620 | | Attorneys concerning any relationship between— 9 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (A) the barriers identified under paragraph 10 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (2); and 11 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (B) United States Attorneys declination 12 |
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| 624 | 624 | | rates due to insufficient evidence; and 13 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (4) that includes a description of barriers to 14 |
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| 626 | 626 | | evidence collection, handling, response times, and 15 |
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| 627 | 627 | | processing identified and faced by— 16 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (A) Tribal law enforcement agencies; and 17 |
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| 629 | 629 | | (B) State and local law enforcement agen-18 |
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| 630 | 630 | | cies that exercise jurisdiction over Indian coun-19 |
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| 631 | 631 | | try. 20 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (b) R |
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| 633 | 633 | | EPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 21 |
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| 634 | 634 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 22 |
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| 635 | 635 | | of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 23 |
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| 636 | 636 | | Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the 24 |
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| 637 | 637 | | Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Ju-25 |
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| 642 | 642 | | tives a report describing the results of the study conducted 2 |
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| 643 | 643 | | under subsection (a). 3 |
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| 644 | 644 | | SEC. 204. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND TRIBAL LAW 4 |
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| 645 | 645 | | ENFORCEMENT OFFICER COUNSELING RE-5 |
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| 646 | 646 | | SOURCES INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINA-6 |
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| 647 | 647 | | TION. 7 |
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| 648 | 648 | | The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 8 |
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| 649 | 649 | | Attorney General shall coordinate with the Director— 9 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (1) to ensure that Federal training materials 10 |
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| 651 | 651 | | and culturally appropriate mental health and 11 |
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| 652 | 652 | | wellness programs are locally or regionally available 12 |
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| 653 | 653 | | to law enforcement officers working for the Office of 13 |
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| 654 | 654 | | Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 14 |
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| 655 | 655 | | an Indian Tribe; and 15 |
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| 656 | 656 | | (2) to determine whether law enforcement agen-16 |
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| 657 | 657 | | cies operated by the Office of Justice Services of the 17 |
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| 658 | 658 | | Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Tribes are eli-18 |
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| 659 | 659 | | gible to receive services under— 19 |
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| 660 | 660 | | (A) the Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-20 |
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| 661 | 661 | | gram of Federal Occupational Health of the 21 |
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| 662 | 662 | | Department of Health and Human Services; or 22 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (B) any other law enforcement assistance 23 |
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| 664 | 664 | | program targeted to meet the needs of law en-24 |
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| 665 | 665 | | forcement officers working for law enforcement 25 |
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