; Whereas the Administration for Native Americans reports that American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander women and girls have a heightened risk for sex trafficking, and Native women continue to go missing and murdered across the country at disproportionate rates, and COVID–19 is likely to exacerbate this national injustice due to the virus’ impact on already limited justice, health, and advocacy responses; Whereas the current funding available in Indian country is inadequate to address the needs of victims, from the provision of basic, emergency services and responses to more comprehensive, long-term services in normal times, and even less so during a pandemic such as COVID–19; and Whereas without recognition of this crisis and adequate Federal assistance and improved distribution of lifesaving resources for Indian Tribes, Indigenous women will continue to experience disproportionate rates of violence, and go missing and be murdered at the highest rates in the country: Now, therefore, be it