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US HR381
Resolution
Status
5/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Dan Newhouse
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AI Summary
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Designates May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls," honoring the birthday of Hanna Harris, a Northern Cheyenne Tribe member who was murdered in Montana
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Cites DOJ statistics that 84.3% of American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime, with murder rates more than 10 times the national average for Indigenous women under 44
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Reports that in 2024, 5,614 Indigenous women and girls were reported missing, with 4,179 victims under age 18 and 628 active missing person cases remaining at year's end
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Recommends the DOJ's National Institute of Justice commission a new study on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, as the last comprehensive study was published in 2016
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Acknowledges prior federal actions including Operation Lady Justice (2019), Savanna's Act, the Not Invisible Act (2020), and the DOI's Missing and Murdered Unit (2021), while recognizing more work is needed
Legislative Description
Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
Native Americans
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
5/5/2025