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S. 1979 (98th)

A bill to confirm the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of Colorado and to define jurisdiction within such reservation.

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20 October 1983

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Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.

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20 June 2025

Summary

Confirms and defines the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Declares that Federal and tribal jurisdiction under specified law over non-Indian persons and their property applies only on Indian trust land. Declares that Federal law relating to alcoholic beverages or to trading with Indians shall apply, with respect to the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, only on Indian trust land. Confers upon the State of Colorado the same criminal and civil jurisdiction over municipalities incorporated within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation as the State would have assumed under the Act of April 11, 1968.

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