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Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
Introduced: January 31, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 2019
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-67.
Jan 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jan 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
This 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 grants to tribal governments for exercising tribal criminal jurisdiction for those crimes through FY2024.
What's happening now
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-67.
Committees of jurisdiction
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