Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act

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.