US Congress House Bill 4289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting and investigation of missing, unidentified, and murdered Native Americans. Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to do the following: share information with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on missing persons and unidentified remains, ensure technical assistance and training are provided to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and tribal law enforcement agencies to utilize the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and other national databases, establish the Tribal Access Program to enhance the ability of tribal governments to access and enter information into federal criminal information databases, establish a grant program for specified entities to implement changes to enhance response to missing person and murder cases of interest to tribes, and work with the Indian Health Service and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to ensure resources for mental health wellness programs are available to tribal and BIA law enforcement officers experiencing occupational stress. The bill expands access to (1) the national crime information database for NamUs, and (2) the NCIC for each tribal justice official. Finally, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the BIA.

BADGES for Native Communities Act Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act

Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-09-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-09-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
2019-09-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
2019-09-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
2019-09-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
2019-09-11	House	Introduced in House

SB1853 (Related) 2020-06-04 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476.
SB2920 (Related) 2019-11-21 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4289/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4289/BILLS-116hr4289ih.pdf