Savanna’s Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
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.
- IntroducedMay 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 or murdered Native Americans.
The bill requires DOJ to
- provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases;
- develop and implement a strategy to educate the public on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System;
- conduct specific outreach to tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations regarding the ability to publicly enter information through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive portal;
- develop regionally appropriate guidelines for response to cases of missing or murdered Native Americans;
- provide training and technical assistance to tribes and law enforcement agencies for implementation of the developed guidelines; and
- report statistics on missing or murdered Native Americans.
Tribes may submit their own guidelines to DOJ that respond to cases of missing or murdered Native Americans.
Additionally, the bill authorizes DOJ to provide grants for the purposes of (1) developing and implementing policies and protocols for law enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Native Americans, and (2) compiling and annually reporting data relating to missing or murdered Native Americans.
Federal law enforcement agencies must modify their guidelines to incorporate the guidelines developed by DOJ.
Finally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation must include gender in its annual statistics on missing and unidentified persons published on its website.
Cosponsors 60
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2019 to Sep 15, 2020, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | May 14, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | May 14, 2019 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2020Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
- Sep 16, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
- Sep 16, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-508, Part I.
- Mar 11, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 11, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 227 | Savanna's Act | Related bill | Oct 10, 2020 |
| S 2920 | Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2019 |
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
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government information and archives
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Missing persons
- Native Americans
- Right of privacy
- Sex offenses
- Violent crime
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2020Reported in House
- May 14, 2019Introduced in House
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.