Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2021, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 369 Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2021, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 4, 2021 Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. ROSENDALE, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. COLE, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2021, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’. Whereas according to a study commissioned by the Depart- ment of Justice, in some Tribal communities, American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average; Whereas according to the most recently available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, homicide was the sixth leading cause of death for Amer- ican Indian and Alaska Native women and girls under 44 years of age; VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 May 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR369.IH HR369 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 369 IH Whereas approximately 1,500 American Indian and Alaska Native missing persons have been entered into the Na- tional Crime Information Center throughout the United States, and approximately 2,700 cases of murder and nonnegligent homicide offenses have been reported to the Federal Government’s Uniform Crime Reporting Pro- gram; Whereas, in 2020, Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act were signed into law to address this lack of data and to improve law enforcement coordination to address the number of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women; and Whereas in previous years, May 5 has been designated as the day of remembrance for ‘‘Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’ in honor of the birth date of Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, who was murdered after being reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) expresses support for the designation of the 2 ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Mur- 3 dered Native Women and Girls’’; 4 (2) calls on the people of the United States and 5 interested groups to— 6 (A) commemorate the lives of missing and 7 murdered American Indian and Alaska Native 8 women whose cases are documented and un- 9 documented in public records and the media; 10 and 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 May 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR369.IH HR369 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 369 IH (B) demonstrate solidarity with the fami- 1 lies of victims in light of those tragedies; and 2 (3) recognizes there is more work to be done to 3 address this nationwide crisis. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:09 May 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR369.IH HR369 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS