Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 9, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 11, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the Cherokee Nation and the Chickasaw Nation to each enter into intergovernmental compacts with Oklahoma for the state to exercise its criminal jurisdiction within Indian country.
The bill outlines the requirements for such compacts, including that they must define the categories of criminal offenders or offenses within the reservation over which Oklahoma may exercise its jurisdiction.
The Department of Justice must, upon the request of a nation, consult with and provide technical assistance for developing or implementing a compact.
A nation may require an offender who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than six months to serve such a sentence in the nearest appropriate federal facility.
The Department of the Interior must publish a compact that it receives from a nation. Interior must also report on the development and implementation of compacts and make recommendations to support and enhance the criminal justice system of each nation.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jun 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- May 11, 2021Introduced in House
- May 11, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
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- May 11, 2021Introduced in House
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