[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1893 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1893

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
study on ways to increase reporting of missing Indians and the effects 
 of substance abuse, including the use of methamphetamine, on violent 
          crime in Tribal communities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 19, 2019

  Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
study on ways to increase reporting of missing Indians and the effects 
 of substance abuse, including the use of methamphetamine, on violent 
          crime in Tribal communities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Finding and Investigating Native 
Disappearance Act'' or the ``FIND Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON REPORTING OF MISSING INDIANS AND EFFECTS OF 
              SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INCLUDING THE USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE.

    (a) Definition of Indian.--In this section, the term ``Indian'' has 
the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Child Welfare Act 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1903).
    (b) Study and Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results 
of, a study on--
            (1) ways to increase reporting of missing Indians, 
        including ways to decrease the period of time between the time 
        an Indian goes missing and the time the Indian is reported 
        missing; and
            (2) the effects of substance abuse, including the use of 
        methamphetamine, on violent crime in Tribal communities, 
        including crime relating to missing Indians.
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