Sec. 3. Report
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a comprehensive report that includes— a review of— each law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over missing or murdered Indians and the basis for that jurisdiction; the response procedures, with respect to a report of a missing or murdered Indian, of— the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and any other Federal law enforcement agency responsible for responding to or investigating a report of a missing or murdered Indian; each covered database and notification system;
Federal interagency cooperation and notification policies and procedures related to missing or murdered Indians; the requirements of each Federal law enforcement agency relating to notifying State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agencies after the Federal law enforcement agency receives a report of a missing or murdered Indian; and the public notification requirements of law enforcement agencies relating to missing or murdered Indians; recommendations and best practices relating to improving cooperation between and response policies of law enforcement agencies relating to missing and murdered Indians; and recommendations relating to— improving how— covered databases address instances of missing or murdered Indians, including by improving access to, integrating, and improving the sharing of information between covered databases; and notification systems address instances of missing or murdered Indians, including by improving access to, integrating, and improving the sharing of information between notification systems; social, educational, economic, and any other factor that may contribute to an Indian becoming a missing or murdered Indian; and legislation to reduce the likelihood that an Indian may become a missing or murdered Indian.