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Committee reviews S.465 to strengthen public safety tools in Indian country
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Summary
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs opened a business meeting to consider S.465, introduced by Senators Cortez Masto and Hovind, which aims to improve BIA law enforcement recruitment and retention, enhance federal missing-persons resources, and better coordinate state-tribal responses to missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Unidentified Chair called the business meeting to order and said the committee would consider S.465, S.2908 and S.4370. "Today, the committee will consider 3 bills," the chair said. "S.465 was introduced by Senators Cortez Masto and Hovind."
S.465, described by the chair during opening remarks, is titled the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety Badges for Native Communities Act. According to the committee’s announcement, the bill seeks to address public safety needs in Indian country by improving tools for the recruitment and retention of Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officers, increasing the effectiveness of federal missing-persons resources and providing additional resources to coordinate state-tribal responses to the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis.
The committee did not record debate, amendments or a vote during the portion of the meeting in the transcript provided. Sponsors named in the transcript are Senators Cortez Masto and Hovind. The transcript does not specify funding levels, implementation timelines, or committee amendments for S.465.
