,,iv  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #d1 #bjba,mr4  
,newhouse 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,armstrong1
 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1  
,mr4 ,rosendale1 ,ms4 ,herrell1 ,mr4    
,cole1 ,mrs4 ,hinson1 and ,mr4 ,johnson 
of ,south ,dakota7 submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,natural          
,resources  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
support for the designation of ,may #e1 
#bjba1 as the ,national ,day of         
,awareness for ,missing and ,murdered   
,native ,women and ,girls4  ,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 most recently 
available data from the ,centers for    
,disease ,control and ,prevention1 in   
#bjag1 homicide was the sixth leading   
cause of death for ,american ,indian and

 ,alaska ,native women and girls under  
#dd years of age2 ,whereas approximately
 #a1ejj ,american ,indian and ,alaska   
,native missing persons have been       
entered into the ,national ,crime       
,information ,center throughout the     
,united ,states1 and approximately      
#b1gjj cases of murder and nonnegligent 
homicide offenses have been reported to 
the ,federal ,government's ,uniform     
,crime ,reporting ,program2 ,whereas1 in
 #bjbj1 ,savanna's ,act and the ,not    
,invisible ,act were signed into law to 
address this lack of data and to improve
 law enforcement coordination to address
 the number of missing and murdered     
,american ,indian and ,alaska ,native   
women2 and ,whereas in previous years1  
,may #e has been designated as the day  
of remembrance for ,missing and         
,murdered ,native ,women and ,girls in  
honor of the birth date of ,hanna       
,harris1 a member of the ,northern      
,cheyenne ,tribe1 who was murdered after
 being reported missing by her family in

 ,lame ,deer1 ,montana3 ,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  7#b7 calls on the people of
 the ,united ,states and interested     
groups to-- 7,a7 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
 demonstrate solidarity with the        
families of victims in light of those   
tragedies2 and  7#c7 recognizes there is
 more work to be done to address this   
nationwide crisis4