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H.R. 2438: Not Invisible Act of 2020

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H.R. 2438: Not Invisible Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-01 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Not Invisible Act of 2020

Plain summary

Not Invisible Act of 2020 This bill increases the coordination of efforts to reduce violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians. Specifically, the Department of the Interior must designate an official within the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate prevention efforts, grants, and programs related to missing Indians and the murder and human trafficking of Indians. In addition, Interior and the Department of Justice (DOJ) must (1) establish a joint commission on violent crime within Indian lands and against Indians, and (2) submit a written response to the recommendations developed by the joint commission. The joint commission must develop and make publicly available recommendations to Interior and DOJ on actions to combat violent crime against Indians and within Indian lands, including recommendations for identifying, reporting, and responding to instances of missing persons, murder, and human trafficking.

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Official text

Not Invisible Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] · 60 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sharice Davids (D-KS), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Adam Smith (D-WA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Jason Crow (D-CO), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2438 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116