Legislation

​FEDERAL​

• Savanna’s Act
• Not Invisible Act
• Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act
• Tribal Law and Order Re-authorization and Amendments Act of 2017
• Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act
• S.Res.401 –  A resolution designating May 5, 2018 as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".
• Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization (H.R. 6545)  The bill will produce annual reports on known statistics of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. There is currently no system in place to collect comprehensive data on the number of missing and murdered Native American women, which by itself makes them more vulnerable to extreme violence.
• Oversight Hearing titled “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country”  was held on Dec 12, 2018.​

STATE​

• Washington State 
  House Bill 2951 would require the Washington State Patrol (WSP) to work with tribal law enforcement and the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs to conduct a study to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing Native American women throughout Washington state. ​
• North Dakota -Representative Ruth Buffalo of Fargo introduced two bills that would require additional training and data collection by law enforcement related to missing and murdered indigenous people. 
  • The first bill (HB 1313) will require the state’s criminal justice data information sharing system to include data related to missing and murdered indigenous people. 
  • The other bill (HB 1311) would provide training for state’s attorneys and law enforcement officers and officials regarding missing and murdered indigenous people. The training would be provided by the North Dakota Human Trafficking Commission. ​

​TRIBAL​

• The Navajo Nation Law Against Human Trafficking
• Snoqualmie Tribal Code Title 7, Chapter 1
• Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code Title 4: Criminal Code
• Swinomis Tribal Code Title 4, Chapter 3: Criminal Code
• Tulalip Tribal Code Chapter 3.25: Offenses Against the Family
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Code Article XIII: Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency