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SENATE 390119th CongressReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6651)

A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Voting Rights Month".

Last Action
9/16/2025

Actions

  • 2025-12-15Held at the desk.
  • 2025-12-15Received in the House.
  • 2025-12-15Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2025-12-11Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8685; text: CR S8685-8687)
  • 2025-12-11Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2025-07-31Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.
  • 2025-07-31Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.
  • 2025-07-31Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-53.
  • 2025-03-05Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2025-02-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  • 2025-02-04Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2025-02-04 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (3)

  • John Hoeven (R-ND)
  • Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
  • Mike Rounds (R-SD)

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Employment and training programs
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Missing persons
  • Personnel records
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