A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2026, as "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".
Sponsored By: Senator Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Passed Senate
Summary
Designates May 5, 2026 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The Senate resolution supports public commemoration, highlights severe gaps in data and justice, and recommends the National Institute of Justice update research on the crisis.
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- Families and Tribal communities gain an official day to remember victims and to encourage public solidarity and local commemorations on May 5, 2026.
- Puts the crisis in stark numbers: a 2016 Department of Justice study found 84.3 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women experienced violence in their lifetime, and homicide rates for Indigenous women under 44 are more than 10 times the national average.
- Directs researchers and federal agencies by recommending the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice commission a new study to update statistics after 10 years.
- Signals to policymakers and advocates that existing steps—Operation Lady Justice, Savanna’s Act, the Not Invisible Act, and the Department of the Interior’s Missing and Murdered Unit—are important but that more work is still needed.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Daines, Steve [R-MT]
MT • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
OK • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
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Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
John Hoeven
ND • R
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Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Mike Rounds
SD • R
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Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
WI • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
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Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
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