Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

United States117th CongressHR-2740House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 15, 2021

Summary

Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over certain crimes. Specifically, the bill extends tribal jurisdiction over the following crimes: 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 for exercising tribal criminal jurisdiction for those crimes.

Bill texts

Available versions
Introduced (House)View official text

1 version available

All available records shown.

Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-3337: Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

Introduced in Senate

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    House of Representatives

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

    House of Representatives

All available records shown.