HI HCR8

Requests the U.S. Department of Justice include Hawaii in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach program established in response to President Biden's Executive Order No. 14053.

Notes Hawaii has the eighth highest rate of missing persons per capita nationally at 7.5 missing persons per 100,000 residents, with a disproportionate number being Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

Cites 875 missing indigenous persons cases nationally as of July 2024 and describes missing and murdered indigenous women as part of a broader "spectrum of violence" including domestic violence and sexual assault.

Directs certified copies be transmitted to the U.S. Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii.

Points out the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons program currently allocates five assistant U.S. Attorneys and five coordinators each to nine regions (Alaska, Arizona, Eastern Washington, Minnesota, New Mexico, Northern Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Western Michigan), but excludes Hawaii.