[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 278 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 278

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the 
                crisis of violence against Native women.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2019

 Ms. Moore (for herself, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Young, 
 Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Cole) submitted the following resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to recognize the 
                crisis of violence against Native women.

Whereas according to a study commissioned by the Department 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homicide 
        was the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska 
        Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and the fifth-leading cause 
        of death for American Indian and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 
        years of age;
Whereas Native women face some of the highest levels of violence of any group, 
        but there is little data that exists on the number of missing American 
        Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States;
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 than people who are not American Indians 
        or Alaska Natives;
Whereas 96 percent of female and 89 percent of male American Indian and Alaska 
        Native victims report being victimized by a non-Indian;
Whereas according to a 2010 Government Accountability Office report, the Offices 
        of the United States Attorneys declined to prosecute nearly 52 percent 
        of violent crimes that occur in Indian country;
Whereas Indian Tribes report that children are usually involved in domestic 
        violence and dating violence incidents that occur on Indian lands, 
        either as witnesses or as victims themselves;
Whereas the Indian Law and Order Commission issued a report entitled ``A Roadmap 
        for Making Native America Safer'', which recommends the restoration of 
        the inherent authority of Tribal courts; and
Whereas Tribal communities should be able to protect themselves from dating 
        violence, domestic violence, and child violence, and from violence 
        committed against members of the Tribal justice system: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives expresses the sense of 
the House to recognize the crisis of violence against Native women.
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