Bill · S.Res. 200· Senate(119-SRES-200)

A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".

Age: 64 years

Montana

Introduced: 5/5/2025
Last activity: 5/5/2025 — Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2753; text: CR S2758)
Sponsored by: Steve Daines
Cosponsors: - 8 - 16

Native Americans

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A Senate resolution is the Senate speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the Senate agrees to it, it is officially the Senate's word; it is not a law, so the House and the President have no part in it.

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What this bill would do

This resolution expresses support for designating May 5, 2025, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls." It encourages the public to commemorate the lives of affected American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women. The resolution also calls for people to show solidarity with the families of victims. Additionally, it recommends that the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice commission a new study to provide up-to-date statistics on this crisis. Finally, it acknowledges that more work is required to address this nationwide issue.

Yes

Would Native Americans be better off under this?+5
The resolution advocates for increased awareness and updated statistical research regarding the crisis facing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people.
Would women be better off under this?+5
The resolution focuses on raising awareness and obtaining data for the protection of Indigenous women and girls.
Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?+5
The resolution calls for a new study to provide up-to-date statistics on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.