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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9310 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Tribal courts and law 

enforcement with more tools to combat the opioid epidemic. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 6, 2024 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. COLE, 

Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. PEREZ, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide Tribal 

courts and law enforcement with more tools to combat 

the opioid epidemic. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection for Reserva5 tion Occupants against Trafficking and Evasive Commu6 nications Today Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Act of 

7 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRIBAL COURT SEARCH WARRANT PARITY FOR 

2 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. 

3 Chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 2703— 

6 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘issued 

7 using State warrant procedures and,’’ and in8 serting ‘‘issued using State warrant procedures, 

9 or, in the case of a Tribal court, issued using 

10 the warrant procedures described in section 202 

11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (25 U.S.C. 

12 1302), or,’’; 

13 (B) in subsection (b)(1)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

15 ‘‘issued using State warrant procedures 

16 and,’’ and inserting ‘‘issued using State 

17 warrant procedures, or, in the case of a 

18 Tribal court, issued using warrant proce19 dures described in section 202 of the Civil 

20 Rights Act of 1968 (25 U.S.C. 1302), or,’’; 

21 and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik23 ing ‘‘authorized by a Federal or State stat24 ute’’ and inserting ‘‘authorized by a Fed25 eral, Tribal, or State statute’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking 

2 ‘‘issued using State warrant procedures and,’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘issued using State warrant pro4 cedures, or, in the case of a Tribal court, issued 

5 using the warrant procedures described in sec6 tion 202 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (25 

7 U.S.C. 1302), or,’’; and 

8 (2) in section 2711— 

9 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

11 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

14 (iii) by inserting at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(D) a court established by the governing 

17 body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, 

18 band, nation, pueblo, village, community, com19 ponent band, or component reservation individ20 ually identified (including parenthetically) on 

21 the list published by the Secretary under sec22 tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 

23 Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting before 

25 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, or the 


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1 governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native 

2 tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, 

3 component band, or component reservation indi4 vidually identified (including parenthetically) on 

5 the list published by the Secretary under sec6 tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 

7 Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131)’’. 

8 SEC. 3. TRIBAL JURISDICTION OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING, 

9 RELATED OFFENSES, AND FIREARMS. 

10 Section 204 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (25 

11 U.S.C. 1304) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (H) by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (I) by striking 

17 the period at the end and inserting a semi18 colon; and 

19 (iii) by inserting at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(J) drug trafficking and related offenses; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(K) firearms offense.’’; and 

24 (B) by inserting at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(18) The term ‘drug trafficking and related 

2 offenses’ means a violation of the criminal law of the 

3 Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian 

4 country where the violation occurs that involves the 

5 manufacture, delivery, or possession, or attempt or 

6 conspiracy to do the same, of— 

7 ‘‘(A) a controlled substance as defined in 

8 section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 

9 (21 U.S.C. 802); 

10 ‘‘(B) a counterfeit substance as defined in 

11 section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 

12 (21 U.S.C. 802); or 

13 ‘‘(C) drug paraphernalia, as defined in sec14 tion 422(d) of the Controlled Substances Act 

15 (21 U.S.C. 863(d)). 

16 ‘‘(19) The term ‘firearms offense’ means a vio17 lation of the criminal law of the Indian tribe that 

18 has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the 

19 violation occurs that involves the use or possession 

20 of a firearm in furtherance of a covered crime or the 

21 use or possession of a firearm by a person who has 

22 been convicted of domestic violence.’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘or as24 sault of Tribal justice personnel,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 


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1 assault of Tribal justice personnel, drug trafficking 

2 or related offenses, or a firearms offense,’’. 

3 SEC. 4. BUREAU OF PRISONS TRIBAL PRISONER PROGRAM. 

4 Paragraph (2)(B) of section 234(c) of the Tribal Law 

5 and Order Act of 2010 (25 U.S.C. 1302a) is amended by 

6 inserting ‘‘or offenders convicted pursuant to the exercise 

7 of special Tribal criminal jurisdiction described in section 

8 204 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (25 U.S.C. 1304)’’ 

9 after ‘‘(comparable to the violent crimes described in sec10 tion 1153(a) of title 18)’’. 

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