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25 U.S.C. § 5704 — Guidelines for responding to cases of missing or murdered Indians
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**(a) In general** Not later than 60 days after the date on which the consultation described in [section 5703(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5703/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United States attorneys to develop regionally appropriate guidelines to respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians that shall include—
(1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Federal, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdictional enforcement of protection orders and detailing specific responsibilities of each law enforcement agency;
(2) best practices in conducting searches for missing persons on and off Indian land;
(3) standards on the collection, reporting, and analysis of data and information on missing persons and unidentified human remains, and information on culturally appropriate identification and handling of human remains identified as Indian, including guidance stating that all appropriate information related to missing or murdered Indians be entered in a timely manner into applicable databases;
(4) guidance on which law enforcement agency is responsible for inputting information into appropriate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal law enforcement agency does not have access to those appropriate databases;
(5) guidelines on improving law enforcement agency response rates and follow-up responses to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and
(6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally appropriate victim services for victims and their families.
**(b) Consultation** United States attorneys shall develop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in consultation with Indian Tribes and other re
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**(a) In general** Not later than 60 days after the date on which the consultation described in [section 5703(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5703/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) is completed, the Attorney General shall direct United States attorneys to develop regionally appropriate guidelines to respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians that shall include—
(1) guidelines on inter-jurisdictional cooperation among law enforcement agencies at the Tribal, Federal, State, and local levels, including inter-jurisdictional enforcement of protection orders and detailing specific responsibilities of each law enforcement agency;
(2) best practices in conducting searches for missing persons on and off Indian land;
(3) standards on the collection, reporting, and analysis of data and information on missing persons and unidentified human remains, and information on culturally appropriate identification and handling of human remains identified as Indian, including guidance stating that all appropriate information related to missing or murdered Indians be entered in a timely manner into applicable databases;
(4) guidance on which law enforcement agency is responsible for inputting information into appropriate databases under paragraph (3) if the Tribal law enforcement agency does not have access to those appropriate databases;
(5) guidelines on improving law enforcement agency response rates and follow-up responses to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and
(6) guidelines on ensuring access to culturally appropriate victim services for victims and their families.
**(b) Consultation** United States attorneys shall develop the guidelines required under subsection (a) in consultation with Indian Tribes and other relevant partners, including—
(1) the Department of Justice;
(2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(3) the Department of the Interior;
(4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(5) Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;
(6) medical examiners;
(7) coroners;
(8) Tribal, State, and local organizations that provide victim services; and
(9) national, regional, or urban Indian organizations with relevant expertise.
**(c) Compliance**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after October 10, 2020, the United States attorneys shall implement, by incorporating into office policies and procedures, the guidelines developed under subsection (a).
(2) **Modification** — Each Federal law enforcement agency shall modify the guidelines, policies, and protocols of the agency to incorporate the guidelines developed under subsection (a).
(3) **Determination** — Not later than the end of each fiscal year beginning after the date the guidelines are established under this section and incorporated under this subsection, upon the request of a Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency, the Attorney General shall determine whether the Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency seeking recognition of compliance has incorporated guidelines into their respective guidelines, policies, and protocols.
**(d) Accountability** Not later than 30 days after compliance determinations are made each fiscal year in accordance with subsection (c)(3), the Attorney General shall—
(1) disclose and publish, including on the website of the Department of Justice, the name of each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency that the Attorney General has determined has incorporated guidelines in accordance with subsection (c)(3);
(2) disclose and publish, including on the website of the Department of Justice, the name of each Tribal, State, or local law enforcement agency that has requested a determination in accordance with subsection (c)(3) that is pending;
(3) collect the guidelines into a resource of examples and best practices that can be used by other law enforcement agencies seeking to create and implement such guidelines.
**(e) Training and technical assistance** The Attorney General shall use the National Indian Country Training Initiative to provide training and technical assistance to Indian Tribes and law enforcement agencies on—
(1) implementing the guidelines developed under subsection (a) or developing and implementing locally specific guidelines or protocols for responding to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and
(2) using the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and accessing program services that will assist Indian Tribes with responding to cases of missing or murdered Indians.
**(f) Guidelines from Indian Tribes**
(1) **In general** — Indian Tribes may submit their own guidelines to respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians to the Attorney General.
(2) **Publication** — Upon receipt of any guidelines from an Indian Tribe, the Attorney General shall publish the guidelines on the website of the Department of Justice in 1 centralized location to make the guidelines available as a resource to any Federal agency, State, or Tribal government.
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**(a) Grants** The Attorney General may make grants to Indian tribal governments or authorized designees of Indian tribal governments to—
(1) develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom;
(2) increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women;
(3) strengthen tribal justice interventions including tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation,11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “and”. correctional facilities;
(4) enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;
(5) work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;
(6) provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking committed by one parent against the other with appropriate security measures, policies, and procedures to protect the safety of victims and their children;
(7) provide transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, including rental or utilities payments assistance and assistance with related expenses such as security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, and support services to enable a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this subchapter is to assist States, Indian Tribal governments, State and local courts (including juvenile courts), Tribal courts, and units of local government to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.
**(b) Grant authority** The Attorney General may make grants to eligible grantees for the following purposes:
(1) To implement offender accountability and homicide reduction programs and policies in police departments, including policies for protection order violations and enforcement of protection orders across State and tribal lines.
(2) To develop policies, educational programs, protection order registries, data collection systems, and training in police departments to improve tracking of cases and classification of complaints involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Policies, educational programs, protection order registries, and training described in this paragraph shall incorporate confidentiality, and privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
(3) To centralize and coordinate police enforcement, prosecution, or judicial responsibility for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in teams or units of police officers, prosecutors, parole and probation officers, or judges.
(4) To coordinate computer tracking systems and provide the appropriate training and education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to ensure communication between police, prosecutors, parole and probation officers, and both criminal and family courts.
(5) To
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5704
cies with respect to responding to cases of
missing or murdered Indians;
(2) to increase coordination and communica-
tion among Federal, State, Tribal, and local
law enforcement agencies, including medical
examiner and coroner offices;
(3) to empower Tribal governments with the
resources and information necessary to effec-
tively respond to cases of missing or murdered
Indians; and
(4) to increase the collection of data related
to missing or murdered Indian men, women,
and children, regardless of where they reside,
and the sharing of information among Federal,
State, and Tribal officials responsible for re-
sponding to and investigating cases of missing
or murdered Indians.
(Pub. L. 116–165, § 2, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 760.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 116–165, Oct. 10, 2020, 134
Stat. 760, known as Savanna’s Act, which is classified
principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
below and Tables.
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SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 116–165, § 1, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 760, provided
that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter and amending
sections 10452, 10461, and 20126 of Title 34, Crime Control
and Law Enforcement] may be cited as ‘Savanna’s
Act’.’’
§ 5702. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Confer
The term ‘‘confer’’ has the meaning given
the term in section 1660d of this title.
(2) Databases
The term ‘‘databases’’ means—
(A) the National Crime Information Center
database;
(B) the Combined DNA Index System;
(C) the Next Generation Identification
System; and
(D) any other database relevant to re-
sponding to cases of miss
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