,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #iej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbj,ms4  
,haaland 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,davids of  
,kansas1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mrs4            
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,ms4 ,kendra   
,s4 ,horn of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4            
,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,mr4       
,larsen of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4
 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,ms4      
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4        
,gallego1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 
,hastings1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,ms4 ,torres   
,small of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,pocan1    
,ms4 ,del,bene1 and ,ms4 ,mc,collum7    
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,,resolution       
,expressing support for the designation 
of ,may #e1 #bjbj1 as the ,national ,day
 of ,awareness for ,missing and         
,murdered ,indigenous ,women and ,girls4
  ,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
 compared to any other group of people  
in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the    
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention has determined that homicide
 is 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 in some ,tribal        
communities1 ,american ,indian women    
face murder rates that are more than #aj
 times the national average2 ,whereas   
there is little data that exists on the 
number of missing and murdered ,native  
women and girls in the ,united ,states  
due to complex jurisdictional issues at 
the ,tribal1 ,state1 and ,federal       
levels2 ,whereas investigation into     
cases of missing and murdered ,native   
women and girls is made difficult for   
,tribal law enforcement agencies due to 

a lack of resources and the complex     
jurisdictional scheme that exists in    
,indian country2 ,whereas violence as a 
lived experience of ,native women exists
 in less pressing times1 and it is      
expected that the ,,covid-#ai pandemic  
will increase the prevalence of violence
 that is experienced by ,native women by
 exacerbating already existing issues   
including3 lack of safe housing for     
victims1 lack of space in shelters for  
victims to maintain safe social         
distancing1 lack of personal protective 
equipment for staff of ,tribal shelters 
and victim services programs1 limited   
transportation for victims1 and lack of 
access to adequate health care2 ,whereas
 the ,administration for ,native        
,americans reports that ,american       
,indian1 ,alaska ,native1 and ,pacific  
,islander women and girls have a        
heightened risk for sex trafficking1 and
 ,native women continue to go missing   
and murdered across the country at      
disproportionate rates1 and ,,covid-#ai 

is likely to exacerbate this national   
injustice due to the virus' impact on   
already limited justice1 health1 and    
advocacy responses2 ,whereas the current
 funding available in ,indian country is
 inadequate to address the needs of     
victims1 from the provision of basic1   
emergency services and responses to more
 comprehensive1 long-term services in   
normal times1 and even less so during a 
pandemic such as ,,covid-#ai2 and       
,whereas without recognition of this    
crisis and adequate ,federal assistance 
and improved distribution of lifesaving 
resources for ,indian ,tribes1          
,indigenous women will continue to      
experience disproportionate rates of    
violence1 and go missing and be murdered
 at the highest rates in the country3   
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house 
of ,representatives-- 7#a7 expresses    
support for the designation of the      
,national ,day of ,awareness for        
,missing and ,murdered ,native ,women   
and ,girls2 and  7#b7 calls on the      

people of the ,united ,states and       
interested groups-- 7,a7 to commemorate 
the lives of missing and murdered       
,american ,indian and ,alaska ,native   
women whose cases are documented and    
undocumented in public records and the  
media2 and  7,b7 to demonstrate         
solidarity with the families of victims 
in light of these tragedies4