Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People
Directs the Justice Department, Interior Department, and HHS to develop coordinated strategies addressing violence against Native Americans and the crisis of missing or murdered indigenous people, with multiple agency reports due to the President within 180 to 240 days.
Establishes a sweeping multi-agency framework responding to disproportionate rates of violent crime affecting Native Americans — particularly women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and urban residents — by tying data reform, prevention planning, and law enforcement coordination into a single executive directive.
What this order does
What it orders
The order directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive federal law enforcement strategy to prevent and respond to violence against Native Americans, including protocols for unsolved cases, human trafficking coordination, Amber Alert expansion in Indian Country, and a new DOJ outreach liaison position for families of victims. It also directs agencies to expand tribal access to national crime information systems, improve DNA database use for identifying missing or murdered indigenous people, and assess grantmaking equity for tribal applicants.
It further requires HHS to develop a comprehensive prevention plan covering mental health, substance abuse, child advocacy, and gender-based violence services for Native American communities, including urban areas. The order directs tribal consultation across five departments and explicitly notes that implementation is subject to available appropriations. It does not itself create enforceable rights or benefits and does not change any law or regulation; actual impact depends on the strategies, plans, and reports the agencies produce.
Who it affects
Native Americans across the United States — including those living on tribal lands and in urban areas — are the primary intended beneficiaries. Tribal governments, Urban Indian Organizations, tribal law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement entities, and federal prosecutors working in Indian Country are also directly reached by the order's directives.
Why it matters
Native Americans experience violent crime at rates far above the national average, and many cases have gone unresolved due to jurisdictional complexity and resource gaps. This order creates firm agency reporting deadlines and may unlock new coordination, data infrastructure, and prevention services — though actual improvements depend on future agency decisions and congressional appropriations.
What must happen and when
How the order is supposed to work
Multiple agencies must report to the President at staggered deadlines — 180 and 240 days — covering law enforcement strategy, data analysis, DNA database use, CDC/NIH research adequacy, child abuse reporting reform, and a prevention plan. Each report must also identify additional resources or legislative support needed, setting up a second-phase budget and policy ask to Congress. The order requires ongoing tribal consultation as strategies are implemented, but contains no independent enforcement mechanism and is expressly subject to available appropriations.
Actions and deadlines
- Report to the President on a coordinated federal law enforcement strategy to prevent and respond to violence against Native Americans
- Report jointly to the President on a strategy for ongoing analysis of violent crime and missing persons data involving Native Americans
- Report to the President on assessment of DNA testing and database services for identifying missing or murdered indigenous people, with recommendations
- Report to the President on a comprehensive prevention and victim services plan for Native American communities
- Report to the President on adequacy of CDC and NIH research and data collection on violence against Native Americans
- Report to the President on child abuse and neglect reporting procedures and expansion of child advocacy center access
- Report to the President on evaluation of technical assistance and judicial support services for tribal conflict resolution
- Conduct tribal consultations on implementing sections 2 through 5 of this order