[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 144

Designating May 5, 2019, as the ``National Day of Awareness for Missing 
                 and Murdered Native Women and Girls''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2019

   Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Rounds, Ms. 
   Warren, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lankford, and Ms. Murkowski) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Designating May 5, 2019, as the ``National Day of Awareness for Missing 
                 and Murdered Native Women and Girls''.

Whereas, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Justice, in some 
        Tribal communities, American Indian women face murder rates that are 
        more than 10 times the national average murder rate;
Whereas, according to the most recently available data from the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, homicide was the sixth leading 
        cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native females between 1 
        and 44 years of age;
Whereas little data exist on the number of missing American Indian and Alaska 
        Native women in the United States;
Whereas, on July 5, 2013, Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, 
        was reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana;
Whereas the body of Hanna Harris was found 5 days after she went missing;
Whereas Hanna Harris was determined to have been raped and murdered, and the 
        individuals accused of committing those crimes were convicted;
Whereas the case of Hanna Harris is an example of many similar cases; and
Whereas Hanna Harris was born on May 5, 1992: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates May 5, 2019, as the ``National Day of 
        Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls''; 
        and
            (2) calls on the people of the United States and interested 
        groups--
                    (A) to commemorate the lives of missing and 
                murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women whose 
                cases are documented and undocumented in public records 
                and the media; and
                    (B) to demonstrate solidarity with the families of 
                victims in light of those tragedies.
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