A resolution designating May 5, 2019, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".

III 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 144 Designating May 5, 2019, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 4, 2019 Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. WAR- REN, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. LANKFORD, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. UDALL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. CRAMER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- diciary MAY 2, 2019 Committee discharged; considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating May 5, 2019, as the ‘‘National Day of Aware- ness 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 murder rate; 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- VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:08 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR144.ATS SR144 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 SRES 144 ATS ican Indian and Alaska Native females between 1 and 44 years of age; Whereas little data exist on the number of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States; Whereas, on July 5, 2013, Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana; Whereas the body of Hanna Harris was found 5 days after she went missing; Whereas Hanna Harris was determined to have been raped and murdered, and the individuals accused of committing those crimes were convicted; Whereas the case of Hanna Harris is an example of many similar cases; and Whereas Hanna Harris was born on May 5, 1992: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) designates May 5, 2019, as the ‘‘National 2 Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native 3 Women and Girls’’; and 4 (2) calls on the people of the United States and 5 interested groups— 6 (A) to commemorate the lives of missing 7 and murdered American Indian and Alaska Na- 8 tive women whose cases are documented and 9 undocumented in public records and the media; 10 and 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:08 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR144.ATS SR144 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 SRES 144 ATS (B) to demonstrate solidarity with the fam- 1 ilies of victims in light of those tragedies. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:08 May 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR144.ATS SR144 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS