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§5701 Purposes

Title 25 › CHAPTER 49 — SAVANNA’S ACT › § 5701

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement to clarify who responds to missing or murdered Indians. Improve coordination (including medical examiners and coroners), give Tribal governments resources and information, and collect and share data on missing or murdered Indian men, women, and children.

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Title 25, §5701

Indians, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of this chapter are—
(1)to clarify the responsibilities of Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies with respect to responding to cases of missing or murdered Indians;
(2)to increase coordination and communication among Federal, State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, including medical examiner and coroner offices;
(3)to empower Tribal governments with the resources and information necessary to effectively respond to cases of missing or murdered Indians; and
(4)to increase the collection of data related to missing or murdered Indian men, women, and children, regardless of where they reside, and the sharing of information among Federal, State, and Tribal officials responsible for responding to and investigating cases of missing or murdered Indians.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 116–165, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 760, known as Savanna’s Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out below and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 116–165, § 1, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 760, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 10452, 10461, and 20126 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law

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] may be cited as ‘Savanna’s Act’.”

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5701

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102