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H.R. 1010In committee
BADGES for Native Communities Act
Introduced: Feb 5, 2025
Latest action date: May 21, 2026
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 5, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities Act
This bill revises federal policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting, and investigating cases of missing, unidentified, or murdered Indians.
Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to (1) establish a grant program for specified entities (e.g., tribes) to implement changes to enhance their responses to missing person cases and death investigations of interest to tribes, and (2) work with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that federal training resources and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are available to tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers.
The Department of the Interior must 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.
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct specified studies, including a study on the evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing procedures and practices of federal law enforcement agencies.
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Native Americans
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Congressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsData collection, sharing, protectionEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingMissing personsPersonnel records
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Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Natural Resources Committee
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Energy and Commerce Committee
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Judiciary Committee
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Checked against Congress.gov Sep 29, 2026.
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CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
CommitteeHouse committee actionsReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government 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.
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