Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2020, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls”.

H. Res. 950 · 116th Congress · May 5, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2020, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

expresses support for the designation of the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls”; and

(2)

calls on the people of the United States and interested groups—

(A)

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 media; and

(B)

to demonstrate solidarity with the families of victims in light of these tragedies.

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May 5, 2020viewing Introduced in House Ms. Haaland (for herself, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Kilmer, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cole, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Bass, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Kind, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Moore, Mr. Cook, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, Mr. Pocan, Ms. DelBene, and Ms. McCollum) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2020, as the “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls”.

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