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Executive Order 14053

Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People

This executive order directs federal agencies to develop coordinated strategies to address violence against Native Americans, particularly missing and murdered Indigenous people. It mandates new law enforcement protocols, improved data collection, expanded victim services, and stronger Tribal consultation, with multiple agency reports due within 180-240 days.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 64337

Impact dates

  1. AG and Interior Secretary report on federal law enforcement strategy

  2. AG, Interior, and HHS joint report on data analysis strategy

  3. AG report on DNA testing assessment and recommendations

  4. HHS Secretary report on comprehensive prevention plan

  5. HHS Secretary report on CDC/NIH research adequacy evaluation

  6. HHS and Interior Secretaries report on child abuse reporting and child advocacy center access

  7. Interior Secretary report on evaluation of Tribal technical assistance and judicial support services

Key directives

  • Attorney General to develop coordinated federal law enforcement strategy with Interior and DHS
  • Create designated DOJ outreach services liaison position for victim families
  • Develop guidance and training for Tribal governments on special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction
  • Assist Oklahoma Tribal governments post-McGirt to build criminal jurisdiction capacity
  • Expand Tribal participation in Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information
  • Develop strategy for ongoing analysis of violent crime and missing persons data involving Native Americans
  • Assess DNA testing and database services for missing or murdered Indigenous people
  • HHS to evaluate CDC and NIH research adequacy on violence against Native Americans
  • HHS to develop comprehensive prevention and victim services plan
  • Streamline Indian Health Service child abuse and neglect reporting
  • Evaluate and improve Tribal technical assistance for community-based conflict resolution and healing courts

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Tribal consultation and engagement begins
  • Designated DOJ outreach services liaison position to be created

Near term (90d)

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Long term

  • Federal law enforcement strategy development
  • Comprehensive prevention plan implementation
  • Data collection and analysis strategy
  • Grantmaking equity assessment
  • Expanded Tribal Access Program participation

Risks & tensions

  • Implementation 'subject to availability of appropriations' may limit execution without congressional funding
  • Jurisdictional complexities between federal, state, Tribal, and local law enforcement remain unresolved
  • Urban Native American needs may compete with Tribal land priorities for limited resources
  • 240-day timeline for multiple major strategies is ambitious; quality of deliverables uncertain
  • McGirt v. Oklahoma implementation assistance may face state-level political resistance
  • No enforcement mechanism if agencies fail to meet reporting deadlines
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