# Plain Language Summary: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls

This resolution designates May 5, 2024, as a national day to raise awareness about missing and murdered Native American women and girls. It's essentially Congress officially recognizing this date as a day for the country to focus attention on a serious problem affecting Native communities.

The resolution doesn't create any new laws, funding, or government programs. Instead, it's a symbolic gesture that encourages people across the country to acknowledge and remember Native women and girls who have gone missing or been killed. The date itself—May 5—was chosen to align with existing awareness efforts already happening in Native communities. By making it an official national day, Congress is saying this issue deserves national attention and remembrance.

In practical terms, this means government agencies, schools, organizations, and individuals are encouraged to hold events, share information, or participate in activities that bring attention to this crisis. Native American women and girls face disproportionately high rates of violence and disappearance compared to other groups in the United States, and this resolution helps shine a spotlight on that reality. While the resolution doesn't solve the underlying problem or provide resources to address it, it does use the government's platform to validate the importance of this issue and encourage Americans to pay attention to it.

A resolution designating May 5, 2024, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls".

Daines, Steve

<p>This resolution designates May 5, 2024, as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.</p>