HR 2740
117th Congress
House
Native Americans
Child safety and welfare
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime
Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
Introduced: April 21, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 21, 2021
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.
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.