116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require tribal liaisons to submit to Congress reports on missing and murdered Indians.
June 19, 2019
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
To require tribal liaisons to submit to Congress reports on missing and murdered Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Reporting and Accountability to Congress Act” or the “TRAC Act”.
SEC. 2. Report on missing and murdered Indians.
Section 13 of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2810) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Report on missing and murdered Indians.—Each tribal liaison appointed under this section shall submit to Congress an annual report that includes, with respect to the district—
“(1) the number of open missing Indians cases;
“(2) the number of open murdered Indians cases;
“(3) the number of missing and murdered Indians cases resolved;
“(4) the number of missing and murdered Indians cases reported each year;
“(5) the number of missing and murdered Indians cold cases;
“(6) the number of individuals the Department of Justice has actively working on missing and murdered Indians cases;
“(7) the number of cases referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement agencies; and
“(8) the number cases declined to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice and the reasons why each case was not prosecuted.”.