Cherokee Nation and Chickasaw Nation Criminal Jurisdiction Compacting Act of 2021

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 11 May 2021

   Introduced

   Referred 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 May 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 11 May 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 June 2021

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 November 2021

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 11 May 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2021

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2021

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 11 May 2021

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Tom Cole · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing
• · hsii00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.