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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.
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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.
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Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] · D–NM
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-05 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would create federal staff roles and grants to help Tribes and partner organizations report missing people, identify remains, and coordinate investigations. It would also establish a trial process for Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement hiring checks and require coordination on officers’ mental-health resources. These are proposed requirements; the supplied evidence does not establish that they became law.
The Attorney General shall appoint 1 or more Tribal facilitators for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
to document, develop, and disseminate resources for the coordination and improvement of the investigation of missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes
The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating, in coordination with the Director, personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
to ensure that Federal training materials and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are locally or regionally available to law enforcement officers working for the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or an Indian Tribe
The proposed law is named the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act, or BADGES for Native Communities Act.
This Act may be cited as the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities Act.
Covered missing-person and death cases would include both cases involving an Indian person, as defined by a referenced law, and cases involving anyone with the specified connection to Indian land or an Alaska Native village area. Covered remains cases would include unidentified Indian remains, unclaimed Indian remains identified by Federal, Tribal, State, or local law enforcement, and unidentified or unclaimed remains found on, in, or adjacent to those areas.
The term Indian has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
The term missing persons case of interest to Indian Tribes means a case involving— (A) a missing Indian; or (B) a missing person whose last known location is believed to be on, in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village.
The term death investigation of interest to Indian Tribes means a case involving— (A) a death investigation into the death of an Indian; or (B) a death investigation of a person found on, in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village.
The term unclaimed human remains case of interest to Indian Tribes means a case involving— (A) unclaimed Indian remains identified by Federal, Tribal, State, or local law enforcement; or (B) unclaimed human remains found on, in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village.
The term unidentified remains case of interest to Indian Tribes means a case involving— (A) unidentified Indian remains; or (B) unidentified remains found on, in, or adjacent to Indian land or a Village.
The term Village means the Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)), as depicted on the applicable Tribal Statistical Area Program Verification Map of the Bureau of the Census.
The Attorney General would determine what counts as a death investigation. The definition of a sexual-violence case of interest to Tribes refers to another law’s definition of sexual violence and does not itself state a Tribal identity or location requirement. The referenced definition is not supplied, so its full scope cannot be established from this text.
The term death investigation has the meaning determined by the Attorney General.
The term sexual violence case of interest to Indian Tribes means a case involving an allegation of sexual violence (as defined in section 204(a) of Public Law 90–284 (25 U.S.C. 1304(a))).
The Attorney General would appoint at least one Tribal facilitator for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Facilitators would coordinate reporting and work with Tribes and relevant organizations on documenting and tracking missing-person and remains cases.
The Attorney General shall appoint 1 or more Tribal facilitators for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
(1) coordinating the reporting of information relating to missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed human remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes; (2) consulting and coordinating with Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations to address the reporting, documentation, and tracking of missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed human remains cases of Interest to Indian Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes
Facilitators would train Tribes, relevant organizations, victim advocates, medical examiners, coroners, and Tribal justice officials to gather and report information. They would also coordinate with specified federal and state agencies as needed.
providing technical assistance and training to Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations, victim service advocates, medical examiners, coroners, and Tribal justice officials regarding— (A) the gathering and reporting of information to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
coordinating with the Office of Tribal Justice, the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, State law enforcement agencies, and the National Indian Country Training Initiative, as necessary
The Attorney General, through the National Institute of Justice director, would report annually to Congress on facilitators’ activities during the three years following enactment. Annual public website reports would also be required, with no end date stated for that obligation.
During the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives an annual report describing the activities and accomplishments of the Tribal facilitators appointed under subsection (a) during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.
Annually, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall publish on a website publicly accessible information describing the activities and accomplishments of the Tribal facilitators appointed under subsection (a) during the 1-year period preceding the date of the publication.
The bill would amend section 3(c)(16) of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act by replacing subparagraph (C) with language calling for a list of unmet staffing, corrections-facility, police and court infrastructure, and public safety and emergency communications needs. The staffing list would cover Tribal and Bureau justice agencies, including the Bureau’s Missing and Murdered Unit, and include investigators, forensic personnel, defense and prosecution staff, and victim-services staff. The existing subparagraph and surrounding statutory language are not supplied, so the full change from current law cannot be determined.
Section 3(c)(16) of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2802(c)(16)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following
a list of the unmet— (i) staffing needs of law enforcement, corrections, and court personnel, including criminal investigators, medical examiners, coroners, forensic technicians, indigent defense staff, crime victim services staff, and prosecution staff, at Tribal and Bureau justice agencies, including the Missing and Murdered Unit of the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau; (ii) replacement and repair needs of Tribal and Bureau corrections facilities; (iii) infrastructure and capital needs for Tribal police and court facilities, including evidence storage and processing; and (iv) public safety and emergency communications and technology needs, including equipment and internet capacity needs
Each fiscal year, the Attorney General would report on staffing for investigations and prosecutions in Indian country across five Justice Department components. Reports would cover employee numbers, time spent working in Indian country, turnover over the previous five years, experience, vacancies, needed skills and personnel, and measures for hiring, retention, and training plans.
the term Department of Justice law enforcement agency means each of— (A) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (B) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (C) the United States Marshals Service; (D) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and (E) the Offices of the United States Attorneys.
Each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report for that fiscal year
(A) the number of full-time employees of each Department of Justice law enforcement agency that are assigned to work on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country; (B) the percentage of time the full-time employees, as identified under subparagraph (A), spend specifically working in Indian country; (C) the turnover rate during the 5-year period preceding the report of full-time employees assigned to work on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country; (D) the average years of experience at the Department of Justice of full-time employees assigned to work on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country; (E) the number of vacant positions with responsibilities for criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country
(F) an identification of expertise and skills necessary to achieve the strategic goals of the Department of Justice relating to public safety in Indian country; (G) an estimate of the number of employees needed with specific skills and competencies to fulfill responsibilities assigned for criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country; and (H) a list of measures identified to indicate whether and how the Department of Justice plans to execute its hiring, retention, and training strategies.
The Comptroller General would review unmet Justice Department staffing needs within 18 months after the first annual staffing report. The review would consider the latest specified investigations-and-prosecutions report available at enactment. On completion, the Comptroller General would report its results to Congress, including proposals for better measuring staffing and other needs where appropriate.
Not later than 18 months after the date on which the first annual report is submitted under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of unmet staffing identified by the Department of Justice law enforcement agencies tasked with work on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country.
the Comptroller General of the United States shall take into account the results of the most recent report, as of the date of enactment of this Act, relating to Indian country investigations and prosecutions prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to section 10(b) of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act (25 U.S.C. 2809(b)).
On completion of the review under subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that describes the results of the study, including, as appropriate, proposals for methods by which the Department of Justice can better measure its unmet staffing and other needs for Department of Justice law enforcement agencies tasked with work on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Indian country.
The Interior Secretary would establish a trial program for conducting or deciding the results of background investigations for Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement applicants. The Secretary could perform background investigations, security-clearance determinations, or both, and could arrange information-access agreements with states, local governments, Tribes, or Tribal organizations.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating, in coordination with the Director, personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
the Secretary may carry out a background investigation, security clearance determination, or both a background investigation and a security clearance determination for an applicant for a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of agreement with a State or local government, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization to develop steps to expedite the process of receiving and obtaining access to information pertinent to background investigation and security clearance determinations for use in the demonstration program.
If a background investigation conducted or decided by the Interior Secretary under the trial program resulted in a security clearance, it would satisfy applicable Office of Personnel Management or other federal agency investigation requirements, despite other provisions of law. This rule would apply to Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement applicants.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a background investigation conducted or adjudicated by the Secretary pursuant to the demonstration program established under subsection (a)(1) that results in the granting of a security clearance to an applicant for a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be sufficient to meet the applicable requirements of the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal agency for such investigations.
The trial background-check program would end five years after it began. Within three years after its establishment, the Interior Secretary would report to Congress on investigation numbers, costs and any savings, processing times, recommended changes, and whether the program should be authorized again.
The demonstration program established under paragraph (1) shall terminate 5 years after the date of the commencement of the demonstration program.
Not later than 3 years after the date on which the demonstration program is established under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit
(1) the demonstration program and any recommended changes or updates to the demonstration program, including whether the demonstration program should be reauthorized; (2) the number of background investigations carried out under the demonstration program; (3) the costs, including any cost savings, associated with the investigation and adjudication process under the demonstration program; (4) the processing times for the investigation and adjudication processes under the demonstration program
The Attorney General would create a response-coordination grant program within the Office of Justice Programs. Eligible recipients would include Tribes, relevant Tribal organizations, groups of those entities, and states working in partnerships that include at least one Tribe.
The Attorney General shall establish within the Office of Justice Programs a grant program under which the Attorney General shall make grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to carry out eligible activities described in subsection (c).
(A) an Indian Tribe; (B) a relevant Tribal organization; (C) subject to paragraph (2), a State, in consortium with— (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and (ii) relevant Tribal organizations, if any; (D) a consortium of 2 or more Indian Tribes or relevant Tribal organizations; or (E) subject to paragraph (2), a consortium of 2 or more States in consortium with— (i) 1 or more Indian Tribes; and (ii) relevant Tribal organizations, if any.
Relevant Tribal organizations could include Tribal and urban Indian organizations, as well as national or regional organizations representing a substantial Indian constituency with expertise in the specified trafficking, violence, missing or murdered Indigenous persons, or Tribal justice fields.
The term relevant Tribal organization means, as applicable— (A) a Tribal organization or an urban Indian organization; and (B) a national or regional organization that— (i) represents a substantial Indian constituency; and (ii) has expertise in the fields of— (I) human trafficking of Indians; (II) human trafficking on Indian land or in a Village; (III) violence against Indians; (IV) missing or murdered Indigenous persons; or (V) Tribal justice systems.
A state seeking a grant would have to show that it reports missing-person cases to national crime databases or plans to use the grant to do so. If its proposed use involved sharing data with Tribal partners, it would also need a written understanding with each applicable Tribe and organization.
a State shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the State— (A) (i) reports missing persons cases in the State to the national crime information databases; or (ii) if not, has a plan to do so using a grant received under the grant program established under subsection (a); and (B) if data sharing between the State and the Indian Tribes and relevant Tribal organizations with which the State is in consortium is part of the intended use of the grant received under the grant program established under subsection (a), has entered into a memorandum of understanding with each applicable Indian Tribe and relevant Tribal organization.
Grants could support statewide or regional centers that track covered missing-person, sexual-violence, and death-investigation cases. Centers could also enter covered missing-person and remains information into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the National Crime Information Center’s Missing Persons File.
An eligible entity receiving a grant under the grant program established under subsection (a) may use the grant— (1) to establish a statewide or regional center— (A) to document and track— (i) missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes; (ii) sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes; and (iii) death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes; and (B) to input information regarding missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, unclaimed human remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and unidentified remains cases of interest to Indian Tribes into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the Missing Persons File in the National Crime Information Center
Grants could also establish state or regional commissions to coordinate investigations among federal, Tribal, state, and local law enforcement. Other permitted uses would include investigation resources and local or statewide rapid-alert systems for the covered cases.
to establish a State or regional commission to respond to, and to improve coordination between Federal law enforcement agencies, and Tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies of the investigation of, missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes
to document, develop, and disseminate resources for the coordination and improvement of the investigation of missing persons cases of interest to Indian Tribes, sexual violence cases of interest to Indian Tribes, and death investigations of interest to Indian Tribes, including to develop local or statewide rapid notification or communication systems for alerts and other information relating to those cases.
The bill would authorize Congress to provide $1 million for the grant program in each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030. This would authorize funding, rather than itself supply the money. The funding period does not expressly terminate the grant program.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the grant program established under subsection (a)(1) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
The Comptroller General would study evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing by the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for crimes involving Indians or committed in Indian country. The study would also examine barriers identified by those agencies and by Tribal, state, and local agencies with the specified responsibilities.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study— (1) on the evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing procedures and practices of the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in exercising jurisdiction over crimes involving Indians or committed in Indian country; (2) on barriers to evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing identified by the agencies referred to in paragraph (1)
a description of barriers to evidence collection, handling, response times, and processing identified and faced by— (A) Tribal law enforcement agencies; and (B) State and local law enforcement agencies that exercise jurisdiction over Indian country.
The evidence study would seek officials’ views on whether evidence-handling barriers relate to how often federal prosecutors decline cases for insufficient evidence. It would not presume that relationship exists. A report to Congress would be due within 18 months after enactment.
on the views of law enforcement officials at the agencies referred to in paragraph (1) and their counterparts within the Offices of the United States Attorneys concerning any relationship between— (A) the barriers identified under paragraph (2); and (B) United States Attorneys declination rates due to insufficient evidence
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Indian Affairs, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report describing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
The Health and Human Services Secretary and Attorney General would coordinate with the Deputy Bureau Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services to ensure Federal training materials and culturally appropriate mental-health and wellness programs are available locally or regionally to officers working for that office or an Indian Tribe. They would also determine whether those agencies qualify for specified officer-assistance services; the bill does not itself declare them eligible.
The term Director means the Deputy Bureau Director of the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General shall coordinate with the Director— (1) to ensure that Federal training materials and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are locally or regionally available to law enforcement officers working for the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or an Indian Tribe
to determine whether law enforcement agencies operated by the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Tribes are eligible to receive services under— (A) the Law Enforcement Assistance Program of Federal Occupational Health of the Department of Health and Human Services; or (B) any other law enforcement assistance program targeted to meet the needs of law enforcement officers working for law enforcement agencies operated by the Federal Government or an Indian Tribe.
The supplied September 19, 2026 action snapshot records House introduction on February 5, 2025, and referral that day to the Judiciary Committee and additionally to Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:34:03Z.
2025-02-05: Introduced in House
2025-02-05: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The supplied September 19, 2026 action snapshot records referral to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on May 12, 2026, followed by subcommittee hearings on May 21, 2026. The hearing entry is the latest action listed in that snapshot.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:34:03Z. 2026-05-21: Subcommittee Hearings Held 2026-05-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
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A narrow exception is identified below. This classification identifies special treatment without judging its justification or effects.
Section 201(b) would give Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement applicants a special route for satisfying federal background-investigation requirements: an investigation conducted or adjudicated by the Interior Secretary under the trial program that results in a security clearance would count as sufficient despite other law. The rule supports the bill’s hiring initiative and remains conditional on an investigation and a granted clearance. The referenced agency requirements are not supplied, so the text does not establish which existing requirements would differ in practice.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a background investigation conducted or adjudicated by the Secretary pursuant to the demonstration program established under subsection (a)(1) that results in the granting of a security clearance to an applicant for a law enforcement position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be sufficient to meet the applicable requirements of the Office of Personnel Management or other Federal agency for such investigations.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating, in coordination with the Director, personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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