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House Bill 1010
119th Congress(2025-2026)
BADGES for Native Communities Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 5, 2025
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 5, 2025
Latest Action
Feb 5, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1010
Congress
119
Policy Area
Native Americans
Native Americans
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, in a variety of domestic policy settings. This includes claims, intergovernmental relations, and Indian lands and resources.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Teresa Leger Fernandez
New Mexico
Democrat
Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia
Democrat
Sanford Bishop Jr.
Georgia
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Illinois
Democrat
Sharice Davids
Kansas
Republican
Dan Newhouse
Washington
Democrat
Suzan DelBene
Washington
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
February 5, 2025
Related Bills (1)
Dec 11, 2025
Passed Senate
4
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 390
BADGES for Native Communities Act
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Type
Identical Bill
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CRS
Actions (2)
02/05/2025
Referred 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.
02/05/2025
Introduced in House
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H.R.1010 119 To require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indi
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