[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 59 (Thursday, April 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2279-S2280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 144--DESIGNATING MAY 5, 2019, AS THE ``NATIONAL DAY 
     OF AWARENESS FOR MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS''

  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:

                              S. Res. 144

       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--

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       (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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