A bill to provide for the proper administration of justice within the boundaries of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

(Measure passed House, amended)

Provides that Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community criminal misdemeanor ordinances shall have the force of law within the boundaries of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation and shall apply to all persons. Grants exclusive jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses committed within the Reservation to the courts of the Community. Grants Fourteenth Amendment rights to persons who appear before such courts. Allows a person to bring an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against persons who deny such rights under color of law. Provides that such misdemeanor ordinances may not be considered Federal law.

Applies provisions of existing Federal law protecting constitutional rights to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community criminal ordinances, their enforcement, and the jurisdiction granted to the Community courts.

Defines the jurisdiction of U.S. courts and Arizona State courts over misdemeanor offenses committed on the Reservation.