Omnibus Indian Jurisdiction Act

Summary

Omnibus Indian Jurisdiction Act - Title I: Criminal Law and Jurisdiction - Grants exclusive State jurisdiction over all crimes committed in Indian country: (1) by persons not members of the tribe or tribes occupying such Indian country; and (2) by members of the occupying tribe against those who are not members. Grants to Indian tribes exclusive criminal jurisdiction over all offenses committed in Indian country by members of the tribe; but not over offenses committed by nonmembers, or by members against nonmembers. Title II: Civil Law and Jurisdiction - Subjects Indian tribes to suit in the courts of the United States or any State. Grants every State: (1) civil governmental power, including judicial power, over the persons, conduct, and property of members and of Indian tribes in Indian country to the extent such power is necessary and incidental to the effective enforcement of State laws; and (2) jurisdiction over civil causes of action arising in Indian country between or against members or Indian tribes. Grants to every Indian tribe: (1) civil governmental power over the conduct and property of its members (but not of nonmembers) to the extent that such property is located in or such conduct occurs in the Indian country of the tribe; and (2) jurisdiction over civil actions as established by Federal law. Places the regulation of hunting, trapping, and fishing within the exclusive power of the: (1) tribe on tribal lands; and (2) State on any lands outside the tribal lands. Title III: Miscellaneous and Conforming Provisions - Amends specified provisions of the United States Code to bring them into conformity with this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 November 1977

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