25 USC 5705 - Annual reporting requirements

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 26, 2024

§ 5705.

Annual reporting requirements

(a)

Annual reporting

Beginning in the first fiscal year after October 10, 2020, the Attorney General shall include in its annual Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions report to Congress information that—

(1)

includes known statistics on missing Indians in the United States, available to the Department of Justice, including—

(A)

age;

(B)

gender;

(C)

Tribal enrollment information or affiliation, if available;

(D)

the current number of open cases per State;

(E)

the total number of closed cases per State each calendar year, from the most recent 10 calendar years; and

(F)

other relevant information the Attorney General determines is appropriate;

(2)

includes known statistics on murdered Indians in the United States, available to the Department of Justice, including—

(A)

age;

(B)

gender;

(C)

Tribal enrollment information or affiliation, if available;

(D)

the current number of open cases per State;

(E)

the total number of closed cases per State each calendar year, from the most recent 10 calendar years; and

(F)

other relevant information the Attorney General determines is appropriate;

(3)

maintains victim privacy to the greatest extent possible by excluding information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context; and

(4)

includes—

(A)

an explanation of why the statistics described in paragraph (1) may not be comprehensive; and

(B)

recommendations on how data collection on missing or murdered Indians may be improved.

(b)

Compliance

(1)

In general

(2)

Disclosure

(c)

Inclusion of gender in missing and unidentified persons statistics

(Pub. L. 116–165, § 6, Oct. 10, 2020, 134 Stat. 763.)

cite as: 25 USC 5705