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BADGES for Native Communities Act
Introduced: Feb 4, 2025
Latest action date: Dec 15, 2025
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- Congress
- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Feb 4, 2025
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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.
Official summary from Congress.gov.
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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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Held at the desk.
FloorHouse floor actionsReceived in the House.
FloorHouse floor actionsMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
FloorSenatePassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
FloorLibrary of CongressPassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8685; text: CR S8685-8687)
FloorSenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.
CalendarsSenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.
CommitteeLibrary of CongressCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.
CommitteeSenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
CommitteeSenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
IntroReferralSenateIntroduced in Senate
IntroReferralLibrary of Congress
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