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[S. 982 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.982

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
   To increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat 
            violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians.

    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 ``Not Invisible Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act--
        (1) the term ``Commission'' means the Department of the 
    Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing 
    Violent Crime Against Indians under section 4;
        (2) the term ``human trafficking'' means act or practice 
    described in paragraph (9) or paragraph (10) of section 103 of the 
    Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102);
        (3) the term ``Indian'' means a member of an Indian tribe;
        (4) the terms ``Indian lands'' and ``Indian tribe'' have the 
    meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Native American 
    Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (25 
    U.S.C. 4302); and
        (5) the terms ``urban centers'' and ``urban Indian 
    organization'' have the meanings given the terms in section 4 of 
    the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).
SEC. 3. COORDINATOR OF FEDERAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST 
NATIVE PEOPLE.
    (a) Coordinator Designation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
designate an official within the Office of Justice Services in the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs who shall--
        (1) coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related 
    to the murder of, trafficking of, and missing Indians across 
    Federal agencies, including--
            (A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and
            (B) the Department of Justice, including--
                (i) the Office of Justice Programs;
                (ii) the Office on Violence Against Women;
                (iii) the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
            Services;
                (iv) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
                (v) the Office of Tribal Justice;
        (2) ensure prevention efforts, grants, and programs of Federal 
    agencies related to the murder of, trafficking of, and missing 
    Indians consider the unique challenges of combating crime, 
    violence, and human trafficking of Indians and on Indian lands 
    faced by Tribal communities, urban centers, the Bureau of Indian 
    Affairs, Tribal law enforcement, Federal law enforcement, and State 
    and local law enforcement;
        (3) work in cooperation with outside organizations with 
    expertise in working with Indian tribes and Indian Tribes to 
    provide victim centered and culturally relevant training to tribal 
    law enforcement, Indian Health Service health care providers, urban 
    Indian organizations, Tribal community members and businesses, on 
    how to effectively identify, respond to and report instances of 
    missing persons, murder, and trafficking within Indian lands and of 
    Indians; and
        (4) report directly to the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) Report.--The official designated in subsection (a) shall submit 
to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report to provide 
information on Federal coordination efforts accomplished over the 
previous year that includes--
        (1) a summary of all coordination activities undertaken in 
    compliance with this section;
        (2) a summary of all trainings completed under subsection 
    (a)(3); and
        (3) recommendations for improving coordination across Federal 
    agencies and of relevant Federal programs.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND THE DEPARTMENT 
OF JUSTICE JOINT COMMISSION ON REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME AGAINST INDIANS.
    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination 
with the Attorney General, shall establish and appoint all members of a 
joint commission on violent crime on Indian lands and against Indians.
    (b) Membership.--
        (1) Composition.--
            (A) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of 
        members who represent diverse experiences and backgrounds that 
        provide balanced points of view with regard to the duties of 
        the Commission.
            (B) Diversity.--To the greatest extent practicable, the 
        Secretary of the Interior shall ensure the Commission includes 
        Tribal representatives from diverse geographic areas and of 
        diverse sizes.
        (2) Appointment.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
    coordination with the Attorney General, shall appoint the members 
    to the Commission, including representatives from--
            (A) tribal law enforcement;
            (B) the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian 
        Affairs;
            (C) State and local law enforcement in close proximity to 
        Indian lands, with a letter of recommendation from a local 
        Indian Tribe;
            (D) the Victim Services Division of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation;
            (E) the Department of Justice's Human Trafficking 
        Prosecution Unit;
            (F) the Office of Violence Against Women of the Department 
        of Justice;
            (G) the Office of Victims of Crime of the Department of 
        Justice;
            (H) a United States attorney's office with experience in 
        cases related to missing persons, murder, or trafficking of 
        Indians or on Indian land;
            (I) the Administration for Native Americans of the Office 
        of the Administration for Children & Families of the Department 
        of Health and Human Services;
            (J) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
        Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services;
            (K) a Tribal judge with experience in cases related to 
        missing persons, murder, or trafficking;
            (L) not fewer than 3 Indian Tribes from diverse geographic 
        areas, including 1 Indian tribe located in Alaska, selected 
        from nominations submitted by the Indian Tribe;
            (M) not fewer than 2 health care and mental health 
        practitioners and counselors and providers with experience in 
        working with Indian survivors of trafficking and sexual 
        assault, with a letter of recommendation from a local tribal 
        chair or tribal law enforcement officer;
            (N) not fewer than 3 national, regional, or urban Indian 
        organizations focused on violence against women and children on 
        Indian lands or against Indians;
            (O) at least 2 Indian survivors of human trafficking;
            (P) at least 2 family members of missing Indian people;
            (Q) at least 2 family members of murdered Indian people;
            (R) the National Institute of Justice; and
            (S) the Indian Health Service.
        (3) Periods of appointment.--Members shall be appointed for the 
    duration of the Commission.
        (4) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in 
    the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not 
    affect the powers or duties of the Commission.
        (5) Compensation.--Commission members shall serve without 
    compensation.
        (6) Travel expenses.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
    coordination with the Attorney General, shall consider the 
    provision of travel expenses, including per diem, to Commission 
    members when appropriate.
    (c) Duties.--
        (1) In general.--The Commission may hold such hearings, meet 
    and act at times and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
    evidence as the Commission considers to be advisable to carry out 
    the duties of the Commission under this section.
        (2) Recommendations for the department of interior and 
    department of justice.--
            (A) In general.--The Commission shall develop 
        recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior and Attorney 
        General on actions the Federal Government can take to help 
        combat violent crime against Indians and within Indian lands, 
        including the development and implementation of recommendations 
        for--
                (i) identifying, reporting, and responding to instances 
            of missing persons, murder, and human trafficking on Indian 
            lands and of Indians;
                (ii) legislative and administrative changes necessary 
            to use programs, properties, or other resources funded or 
            operated by the Department of the Interior and Department 
            of Justice to combat the crisis of missing or murdered 
            Indians and human trafficking on Indian lands and of 
            Indians;
                (iii) tracking and reporting data on instances of 
            missing persons, murder, and human trafficking on Indian 
            lands and of Indians;
                (iv) addressing staff shortages and open positions 
            within relevant law enforcement agencies, including issues 
            related to the hiring and retention of law enforcement 
            officers;
                (v) coordinating tribal, State, and Federal resources 
            to increase prosecution of murder and human trafficking 
            offenses on Indian lands and of Indians; and
                (vi) increasing information sharing with tribal 
            governments on violent crime investigations and 
            prosecutions in Indian lands that were terminated or 
            declined.
            (B) Submission.--Not later than 18 months after the 
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall make publicly 
        available and submit all recommendations developed under this 
        paragraph to--
                (i) the Secretary of the Interior;
                (ii) the Attorney General;
                (iii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                (iv) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;
                (v) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
            Representatives; and
                (vi) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
            Representatives.
            (C) Secretarial response.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney 
        General receive the recommendations under paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary and the Attorney General shall each make publicly 
        available and submit a written response to the recommendations 
        to--
                (i) the Commission;
                (ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                (iii) the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate;
                (iv) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
            Representatives; and
                (v) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
            Representatives.
    (d) FACA Exemption.--The Commission shall be exempt from the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (e) Sunset.--The Commission shall terminate on the date that is 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.