,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bgh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #a1 #bjai,ms4
 ,moore 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,haaland1    
,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas1 ,mr4 ,young1   
,mr4 ,grijalva1 and ,mr4 ,cole7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives to recognize the crisis
 of violence against ,native women4     
,whereas according to a study           
commissioned by the ,department of      
,justice1 in some ,tribal communities1  
,american ,indian women face murder     
rates that are more than #aj times the  
national average2 ,whereas according to 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention1 homicide was the           
third-leading cause of death among      
,american ,indian and ,alaska ,native   
women between #aj and #bd years of age  
and the fifth-leading cause of death for
 ,american ,indian and ,alaska ,native  

women between #be and #cd years of age2 
,whereas ,native women face some of the 
highest levels of violence of any group1
 but there is little data that exists on
 the number of missing ,american ,indian
 and ,alaska ,native women in the       
,united ,states2 ,whereas ,american     
,indians and ,alaska ,natives are #b4e  
times more likely to experience violent 
crimes and at least #b times more likely
 to experience rape or sexual assault   
crimes than people who are not ,american
 ,indians or ,alaska ,natives2 ,whereas 
#if percent of female and #hi percent of
 male ,american ,indian and ,alaska     
,native victims report being victimized 
by a non-,indian2 ,whereas according to 
a #bjaj ,government ,accountability     
,office report1 the ,offices of the     
,united ,states ,attorneys declined to  
prosecute nearly #eb percent of violent 
crimes that occur in ,indian country2   
,whereas ,indian ,tribes report that    
children are usually involved in        
domestic violence and dating violence   

incidents that occur on ,indian lands1  
either as witnesses or as victims       
themselves2 ,whereas the ,indian ,law   
and ,order ,commission issued a report  
entitled ,a ,roadmap for ,making ,native
 ,america ,safer1 which recommends the  
restoration of the inherent authority of
 ,tribal courts2 and ,whereas ,tribal   
communities should be able to protect   
themselves from dating violence1        
domestic violence1 and child violence1  
and from violence committed against     
members of the ,tribal justice system3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives expresses the sense
 of the ,house to recognize the crisis  
of violence against ,native women4