Despite wide bipartisan support in Congress and the Senate, the GIC-RMTLC-GPTCA amendments to Savanna’s Act have still not been added to the final bill. Members of Congress as diverse as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) support the amendments from the frontlines of the MMIW epidemic, approved by representative bodies of some fifty federally recognized Indian tribes.

 

Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) committed to pushing for the amendments to be included in Savanna’s Act and is now considering crafting stand-alone MMIW legislation based upon the recommendations. The recommendations and the letters advocating for Tester to take action can be read below.

 

Please contact Senator Tester and encourage him to make the Reduce, Return and Recover Act MMIW legislation a reality: https://www.tester.senate.gov/contact/