Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

To protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.

Subjects

Native Americans

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 FY2022.

S. 290Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
2019-06-19Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-67.
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2019-02-04
Introduced in House
2019-02-04
Introduced in House
2019-02-04
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.
2019-02-04
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.
2019-02-04
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.
2019-02-22
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2020-07-22
Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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