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Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009

Introduced: April 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Apr 21, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to House Natural Resources
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Apr 2, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E880)
Apr 2, 2009
Introduced in House
Apr 2, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009 - Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to make a variety of changes to increase Native American tribes' law enforcement powers and increase federal powers and responsibilities regarding crimes on Indian land, including: (1) allowing federal officials, with the consent of the tribe, to investigate offenses against tribal criminal laws; (2) providing technical assistance and training to tribal law enforcement officials regarding use of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database; (3) requiring federal and local officials, when they decline to investigate crimes on Indian land, to report to Native officials and requiring such officials, when they decline to prosecute, to turn over evidence to Native officials; (4) establishing in the criminal division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Office of Indian Country Crime to develop, enforce, and administer federal criminal laws in Indian country; (5) authorizing, at the request of a tribe, concurrent federal-tribal jurisdiction; (6) authorizing grants to state, tribal, and local governments that enter into cooperative agreements, including agreements relating to mutual aid, hot pursuit of suspects, and cross-deputization; (7) requiring the Attorney General to allow tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement agencies to directly access and enter information into federal criminal information databases (under current law, such access is limited); and (8) increasing the criminal sentences tribal courts may impose.

What's happening now May 26, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 3
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 9, 2010
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Dec 16, 2009
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 16, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2009
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 16, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 24, 2009
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jun 9, 2009
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jun 4, 2009
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Apr 27, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1924: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1924/
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"H.R. 1924: Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1924/.
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H.R. 1924, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1924/.
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