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On the recordMay 1, 2024
The BADGES Act would create that five-year demonstration program that would allow BIA to adjudicate their own background checks for officer candidates.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto discusses the BADGES Act's aim to improve BIA background checks.

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