§ 5703. Improving Tribal access to databases

Legislative history

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1. 2020

   Savanna’s Act

   Pub. L. 116–165 § 4 · 134 Stat. 760

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5703

   (Pub. L. 116–165, § 4, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 761.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 116–165, § 4, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 761.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 4. IMPROVING TRIBAL ACCESS TO DATABASES. (a) Tribal Enrollment Information.— The Attorney General shall provide training to law enforcement agencies regarding how to record the Tribal enrollment information or affiliation, as appropriate, of a victim in Federal databases. (b) Consultation.— (1) Consultation.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall complete a formal consultation with Indian Tribes on how to further improve Tribal data relevance and access to databases. (2) Initial confer.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall confer with Tribal organizations and urban Indian organizations on how to further improve American Indian and Alaska Native data relevance and access to databases. (3) Annual consultation.— Section 903(b) of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (34 U.S.C. 20126) is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: “(2) enhancing the safety of Indian women from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, homicide, stalking, and sex trafficking;” ; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(4) improving access to local, regional, State, and Federal crime information databases and criminal justice information systems.” . (c) Notification.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall— (1) develop and implement a dissemination strategy to educate the public of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System; and (2) conduct specific outreach to Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations regarding the ability to publicly enter information, through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or other non-law enforcement sensitive portal, regarding missing persons, which may include family members and other known acquaintances.

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