Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009

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Introduced

2 April 2009

Last action

29 October 2009 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.

Summary

Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009 - Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to make a variety of changes to increase Native American tribes' law enforcement powers and increase federal powers and responsibilities regarding crimes on Indian land, including: (1) allowing federal officials, with the consent of the tribe, to investigate offenses against tribal criminal laws; (2) providing technical assistance and training to tribal law enforcement officials regarding use of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database; (3) requiring federal and local officials, when they decline to investigate crimes on Indian land, to report to Native officials and requiring such officials, when they decline to prosecute, to turn over evidence to Native officials; (4) establishing in the criminal division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) the Office of Indian Country Crime to develop, enforce, and administer federal criminal laws in Indian country; (5) authorizing, at the request of a tribe, concurrent federal-tribal jurisdiction; (6) authorizing grants to state, tribal, and local governments that enter into cooperative agreements, including agreements relating to mutual aid, hot pursuit of suspects, and cross-deputization; (7) requiring the Attorney General to allow tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement agencies to directly access and enter information into federal criminal information databases (under current law, such access is limited); and (8) increasing the criminal sentences tribal courts may impose.

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Timeline

2 April 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4334-4344)
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4333-4334)
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
25 June 2009
Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-214.
Source: Committee
10 September 2009
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
29 October 2009
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.
Source: Calendars
29 October 2009
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-93.
Source: Committee
29 October 2009
Reported
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Dorgan with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-93.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/797
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us · 111-s-797 · source updated 10 January 2026