; Whereas, in 2020, Savanna’s Act ( Public Law 116–165 ) and the Not Invisible Act ( Public Law 116–166 ) were signed into law which initiated a joint commission between the Department of the Interior (DOI) and DOJ to combat violent crime within Tribal communities and develop new law enforcement protocols when investigating MMIW; Whereas, in 2021, DOI created a Missing and Murdered Unit within their Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services to expand cross-departmental and interagency collaboration for the purposes of investigating cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people at the request of Tribal leadership; and Whereas, in previous years, May 5 has been designated as the day of remembrance for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls in honor of the birth date of Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, who was murdered after being reported missing by her family in Lame Deer, Montana: Now, therefore, be it