S. 1942 115th Congress Senate

Savanna's Act

Official title: A bill to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 5, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Dec 10, 2018

Held at the desk.

Dec 10, 2018

Received in the House.

Dec 10, 2018

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Dec 6, 2018

Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S7365-7366; text: CR S7365-7366)

Dec 6, 2018

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S7365-7366; text: CR S7365-7366)

Dec 4, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.

Dec 4, 2018

Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-411.

Nov 14, 2018

Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Oct 25, 2017

Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-329.

Oct 5, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6363-6365)

Oct 5, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action December 10, 2018

Held at the desk.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Savanna's Act

This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols to address missing and murdered Indians.

Among other things, DOJ must:

provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases,
conduct outreach to Indian tribes regarding the ability to enter information through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or other public portal,
develop guidelines for responding to cases of missing and murdered Indians, and
report statistics on missing and murdered Indians.

Federal law enforcement agencies must modify their guidelines to incorporate the guidelines developed by DOJ.

The FBI must include gender in its annual statistics on missing and unidentified persons published on its website.

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