3.0.0 4923 2022-12-29T13:03:31Z 2022-12-29T13:03:31Z Senate S 2022-09-22 117 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2022-09-22T15:56:08Z BADGES for Native Communities Act 117 8960 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2022-09-22 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N Native Americans Native Americans 00 2022-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-10T03:20:58Z Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities Act

This bill revises federal policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting, and investigating cases of missing, unidentified, or murdered Indians.

Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to (1) establish a grant program for specified entities (e.g., tribes) to implement changes to enhance their responses to missing person cases and death investigations of interest to tribes, and (2) work with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that federal training resources and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are available to tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers experiencing occupational stress.

The Department of the Interior must establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the BIA.

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct specified studies, including a study on the evidence collection, handling, and processing procedures and practices of federal law enforcement agencies.

]]> BADGES for Native Communities Act Display Title BADGES for Native Communities Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BADGES for Native Communities Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and for other persons. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4923is/xml/BILLS-117s4923is.xml 2022-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.