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HR 1010 · in committee · major

BADGES for Native Communities Act

What this bill does

  • The bill improves federal procedures for investigating missing, unidentified, and murdered Native Americans.
  • Native American tribes, BIA law enforcement, and federal law enforcement agencies are affected.
  • DOJ grants fund tribal response improvements; Interior runs a 5-year background investigation pilot program.

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  1. 01

    How would the DOJ grants and Interior's pilot program division of responsibilities affect investigation coordination between tribal and federal law enforcement?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that improved federal procedures will reduce investigation delays for missing and murdered Native Americans compared to current outcomes?

  3. 03

    Which tribes and law enforcement agencies would be prioritized for the 5-year pilot program, and how might resource allocation affect tribes not initially included?

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Sponsor · D-NM-3

Teresa Leger Fernandez

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Introduced 2025-02-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government 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.

  2. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government 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.

  3. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government 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.

  4. 2025-02-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government 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.

  5. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-02-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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