Will establish a grant program to help states, Tribes, and Tribal organizations coordinate investigations into missing and murdered persons and sexual assault cases.

Teresa Leger Fernandez · New Mexico · Democratic

spending impact 0.78 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

Establish a grant program to help states, Tribes, and Tribal organizations coordinate investigations into missing and murdered persons and sexual assault cases.

Creates grants for coordinated missing-person and sexual-assault investigations.

Leger Fernández Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Public Safety in Indian Country Advances in Natural Resources Committee | Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández
primary · press_release · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

verified · Source version 80981 · locator 4297

Establish a grant program to help states, Tribes, and Tribal organizations coordinate efforts related to missing and murdered persons cases and sexual assault cases.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Leger Fernández announced H.R. 1010/BADGES as an attempt to create the promised coordination grant program.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Leger Fernández Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Public Safety in Indian Country | Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

unverified · Source version 80983 · locator unknown

Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (Introduced 02/05/2025)

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov confirms Leger Fernández sponsored the House bill, but the record shows the House bill had not become law.

unresolved later_term A for effort

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.1010 - BADGES for Native Communities Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

unverified · Source version 80985 · locator unknown

Latest Action: House - 12/15/2025 Held at the desk.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The identical Senate bill passed the Senate but remained held at the House desk, short of enactment.

unresolved later_term A for effort

All Info - S.390 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): BADGES for Native Communities Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

verified · Source version 80987 · locator 1699

reports favorably thereon without amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate Indian Affairs Committee favorably reported S. 390, documenting legislative progress but not delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

S. Rept. 119-53 - BRIDGING AGENCY DATA GAPS AND ENSURING SAFETY (BADGES) FOR NATIVE COMMUNITIES ACT - CRPT-119srpt53 | Related Documents | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

verified · Source version 80989 · locator 767

Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing on four bills

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House Natural Resources subcommittee held a hearing that included H.R. 1010, showing continued consideration without enactment.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Cultivating Care for Tribal Lands and Communities | House Committee on Natural Resources
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

verified · Source version 80991 · locator 685

which was ordered to lie on the table

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A July 2026 NDAA amendment carried the grant-program language, but the amendment was ordered to lie on the table, so it was only an attempt.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment promised establishment of a grant program, which requires an enacted or implemented outcome. Verified evidence shows the grant-program language appeared in legislation and received some legislative consideration, including a favorable Senate committee report and a House subcommittee hearing, but the July 2026 amendment was ordered to lie on the table. The verified passages do not show enactment or implementation of the grant program by 2026-10-05. Because there is no documented deadline, the attempt without enactment is unresolved rather than never. The effort badge is warranted because the verified record documents legislative action tied to the promised grant program.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%