A resolution designating May 5, 2023, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".

III 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES. 194 Designating May 5, 2023, as the ‘‘National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 3, 2023 Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PADILLA, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. SMITH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. SULLIVAN) sub- mitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Designating May 5, 2023, as the ‘‘National Day of Aware- ness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls’’. Whereas American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.5 times more likely to experience violent crimes and at least 2 times more likely to experience rape or sexual assault crimes compared to any other group of people in the United States; 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR194.ATS SR194 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •SRES 194 ATS Whereas, according to the most recently available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017, homicide was the sixth leading cause of death for Amer- ican Indian and Alaska Native females between 1 and 44 years of age; Whereas the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women released reports finding that 64 percent of traf- ficking survivors in Hawaii identified as being Native Ha- waiian; Whereas little data exists on the number of missing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States; Whereas, on July 5, 2013, Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana; Whereas the body of Hanna Harris was found 5 days after she went missing; Whereas Hanna Harris was determined to have been raped and murdered, and the individuals accused of committing those crimes were convicted; Whereas the case of Hanna Harris is an example of many similar cases; and Whereas Hanna Harris was born on May 5, 1992: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) designates May 5, 2023, as the ‘‘National 2 Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native 3 Women and Girls’’; and 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR194.ATS SR194 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •SRES 194 ATS (2) calls on the people of the United States and 1 interested groups— 2 (A) to commemorate the lives of missing 3 and murdered American Indian, Alaska Native, 4 and Native Hawaiian women whose cases are 5 documented and undocumented in public 6 records and the media; and 7 (B) to demonstrate solidarity with the fam- 8 ilies of victims in light of those tragedies. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:06 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR194.ATS SR194 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB