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116TH CONGRESS I
2d Session J
SENATE
Calendar No. 417
REPORT
116-214
TO INCREASE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
IDENTIFY AND COMBAT VIOLENT
DIAN LANDS AND OF INDIANS
COORDINATION TO
CRIME WITHIN IN-
FEBRUARY 11, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 982]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 982), to increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and
combat violent crime within Indian lands and of Indians, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute, and recommends that the bill, as
amended, do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 982, the Not Invisible Act of 2019, is to im-
prove the federal government's response to the murder, trafficking,
and disappearance of indigenous persons within the United States;
increase coordination and prevention efforts between the Depart-
ment of the Interior (DOI), outside organizations, and other federal
agencies, as appropriate; and, create a Joint Commission on Reduc-
ing Violent Crime Against Indians within the DOI and the Depart-
ment of Justice (DOJ).
BACKGROUND
The crisis of missing, murdered, and trafficked American Indians
and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) has devastated families and commu-
nities across the United States. Approximately 80 percent of Native
American men and women experience violence in their lifetimes,
and 34 percent of Native American women experience sexual vio-
99-010
AUTHENTICATEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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