To protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.
USA115th CongressHR-6728| House
| Updated: 9/14/2018
Tom O'Halleran
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (4)
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over certain crimes. Specifically, the bill extends tribal jurisdiction over: violence committed against a child by a caregiver; violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence; attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or threatened dating violence or domestic violence. In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 grants to tribal governments to support exercising jurisdiction and conducting proceedings related to crimes of domestic violence, including the crimes added to tribal jurisdiction by this bill.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Native Americans
Child safety and welfareCrimes against childrenCrimes against womenCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuseFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement officersViolent crime
To protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.
USA115th CongressHR-6728| House
| Updated: 9/14/2018
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over certain crimes. Specifically, the bill extends tribal jurisdiction over: violence committed against a child by a caregiver; violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence; attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or threatened dating violence or domestic violence. In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 grants to tribal governments to support exercising jurisdiction and conducting proceedings related to crimes of domestic violence, including the crimes added to tribal jurisdiction by this bill.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Tom O'Halleran
Democratic Representative
Arizona
Cosponsors (4)
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Native Americans
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Child safety and welfareCrimes against childrenCrimes against womenCrime victimsDomestic violence and child abuseFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement officersViolent crime