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BADGES for Native Communities Act

What this bill does

  • This bill improves federal coordination on missing and murdered Native Americans by establishing grants and training programs.
  • Native American tribes, law enforcement officers, and federal agencies handling missing person cases are affected.
  • The bill creates a five-year demonstration program and requires DOJ to fund tribal capacity-building and mental health resources.

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    How would the five-year demonstration program measure success in reducing missing and murdered Native American cases across different regions?

  2. 02

    What specific gaps in current law enforcement coordination between tribal, state, and federal agencies does this bill address?

  3. 03

    Which tribes and communities would benefit most from the capacity-building grants, and how would funding be distributed?

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Sponsor · D-NV

Catherine Cortez Masto

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Introduced 2025-12-15

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-15 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-11 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8685; text: CR S8685-8687)

  5. 2025-12-11 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-07-31 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.

  7. 2025-07-31 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.

  8. 2025-07-31 · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.

  9. 2025-03-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-02-04 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

  11. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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