S390Passed Senate
BADGES for Native Communities Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-04
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat · NV · Senator
Votes with party: 79.9% (897 recorded votes)
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Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (3)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsReported By · 2025-07-31
Previously
- Indian Affairs CommitteeReported By · 2025-07-31
- Indian Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-03-05
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsMarkup By · 2025-03-05
- Indian Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-04
- Senate Committee on Indian AffairsReferred To · 2025-02-04
Plain-English 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Native Americans
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