Savanna's Act
Latest action · Dec 10, 2018 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 5, 2017
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Savanna's Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Indians.
Among other things, DOJ must:
- provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases,
- conduct outreach to Indian tribes regarding the ability to enter information through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or other public portal,
- develop guidelines for responding to cases of missing and murdered Indians, and
- report statistics on missing and murdered Indians.
Federal law enforcement agencies must modify their guidelines to incorporate the guidelines developed by DOJ.
The FBI must include gender in its annual statistics on missing and unidentified persons published on its website.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 5, 2017 to Dec 4, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 5, 2017 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Mar 12, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jun 6, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Sep 6, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Nov 13, 2018 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Nov 14, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Nov 14, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Dec 4, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 5, 2017Hearings Oct 25, 2017Markup Nov 14, 2018Reported Dec 4, 2018 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 10, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 10, 2018Received in the House.
- Dec 10, 2018Held at the desk.
- Dec 6, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7365-7366; text: CR S7365-7366)
- Dec 4, 2018Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-411.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H10342, H10343 | Norma J. Torres D-CA | Dec 20, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7365, S7366Amendments S7365 | John Cornyn R-TX | Dec 6, 2018 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6363–S6366 | Heidi Heitkamp D-ND, Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Oct 5, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 29, 2018S. 1942, Savanna’s ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on November 14, 2018
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-611 | MISSING AND MURDERED: CONFRONTING THE SILENT CRISIS IN INDIAN COUNTRY77 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Dec 12, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-236 | S. 465 AND S. 140098 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Nov 8, 2017 |
| S. Hrg. 115-329 | S. 1870, S. 1953, AND S. 194293 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Oct 25, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4485 | Savanna's Act | Identical bill | Jan 9, 2018 |
| HR 6545 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2018 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Savanna's Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Savanna's Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Savanna's Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Native Americans
- Right of privacy
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
- Violent crime
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2018Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 4, 2018Reported to Senate
- Oct 5, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
