The U.S. House of Representatives considers S.227, Savanna's Act, on September 21, 2020.

S.227 is named in honor of Savanna Greywind, a 22-year-old citizen of the Spirit Lake Nation who went missing and was murdered in 2017. The bill requires the federal government -- for the first time -- to account for the numbers of Indians who go missing.

Savanna's Act cleared the House under a suspension of the rules. Since the bill already passed the U.S. Senate so it can be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature.

Indian Country bills crawl to final approval in busy election cycle (September 22, 2020)