HR 1010 · in committee · major
BADGES for Native Communities Act
- criminal justice
- civil rights
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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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would the DOJ grants and Interior's pilot program division of responsibilities affect investigation coordination between tribal and federal law enforcement?
- 02
What evidence suggests that improved federal procedures will reduce investigation delays for missing and murdered Native Americans compared to current outcomes?
- 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
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
6/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-05
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
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.
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.
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.
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.
2025-02-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-05 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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