Lisa Murkowski Revives Bill Targeting Missing And Murdered Native Women
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Sen. Lisa Murkowski reintroduced legislation on Monday to help law enforcement respond to a horrifying and largely invisible crisis: Hundreds of Native American women are simply disappearing or being murdered. Murkowski’s bill, called Savanna’s Act, is as much an attempt to put attention on the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women as it is to understand the severity of the situation. And if you can’t understand the extent of the problem, it’s really hard to know how to properly resource it.” Her bill would boost coordination and data collection among tribal, local, state and federal law enforcement in cases involving missing and murdered Native women. It requires the Justice Department to give preference to states, localities or tribes that apply for law enforcement grants to focus on missing and murdered Native women.
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