S 390
Passed a chamber
Requires federal law enforcement agencies to report on missing and murdered Indian cases, adds Tribal facilitators and grants for data sharing, and orders reports on staffing and evidence handling in Indian country.
Official title: BADGES for Native Communities Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Introduced
04-FEB-2025
Referred
04-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
31-JUL-2025
On the calendar
31-JUL-2025
Passed
11-DEC-2025
- Requires the Attorney General to appoint Tribal facilitators for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and publish annual reports on their work.
- Requires annual Justice Department reports on unmet staffing in Indian country, plus a GAO study of those staffing gaps.
- Authorizes a five-year Bureau of Indian Affairs background check demonstration program and a grant program for missing or murdered response coordination, with $1,000,000 per fiscal year from 2026 through 2030.
- Directs the Health and Human Services Secretary and Attorney General to coordinate counseling and wellness resources for Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement officers.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (04-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 11-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat