The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
S 390 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Catherine Cortez Masto (D)

BADGES for Native Communities Act

Creates federal grant program and tribal coordinator role for missing and murdered Indigenous persons cases.

Tradeoff

Authorizes $1 million annually through 2030 for grants to tribes and states to improve tracking and investigation of missing Indigenous persons and murders. Establishes new coordination roles and study mandates with no stated offset.

What's in it

See official bill text

Requires $10 million in spending over 2025-2030.

This $10 million funds new federal programs over six years: a tribal law enforcement demonstration program, grants to tribes for hiring officers, a tribal facilitator position, and a Government Accountability Office study on missing and murdered Indians.

S. 390, BADGES for Native Communities Act · Aug 2025

Passed the Senate by on December 11, 2025 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 4, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Indian Affairs(Feb 4, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Indian Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-53.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 11, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 15, 2025)