US Congress Senate Bill 227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on October 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-10-10 - Became Public Law No: 116-165. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

Savanna's Act

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-10	Senate	Became Public Law No: 116-165. (TXT | PDF)
2020-10-10	Senate	Signed by President.
2020-09-30	Senate	Presented to President.
2020-09-21	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-09-21	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4573-4574)
2020-09-21	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 227.
2020-09-21	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4573-4576)
2020-09-21	House	Ms. Scanlon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2020-03-12	House	Held at the desk.
2020-03-12	House	Received in the House.
2020-03-12	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-03-11	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1708-1709; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1708-1709)
2020-01-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
2020-01-15	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-206.
2019-11-20	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2019-06-19	Senate	Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
2019-01-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

HB2733 (Related) 2020-09-16 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 408.
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/senate-bill/227/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s227/BILLS-116s227is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s227/BILLS-116s227rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s227/BILLS-116s227es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s227/BILLS-116s227enr.pdf