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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1552 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require affirmative consent from 

the governing body of certain Indian Tribes for jurisdiction to be conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses committed on the reservations 

of such Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2023 

Mr. LATURNER (for himself, Mr. MANN, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require affirmative 

consent from the governing body of certain Indian Tribes 

for jurisdiction to be conferred on the State of Kansas 

over offenses committed on the reservations of such Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Kansas Indian Country 

5 Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ACT OF JUNE 8, 1940. 

2 The Act of June 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 249; ch. 276) is 

3 repealed. 

4 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO KANSAS JURISDICTION. 

5 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 3243 of title 18, United 

6 States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘Jurisdiction is conferred’’ and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdiction is conferred’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—With respect to offenses com12 mitted on the reservation of a covered Indian Tribe, juris13 diction may only be conferred on the State of Kansas 

14 under subsection (a) upon the affirmative consent of the 

15 governing body of such covered Indian tribe, as reflected 

16 by a certified official Tribal resolution or law filed with 

17 the Attorney General which shall be effective upon publi18 cation in the Federal Register. 

19 ‘‘(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATIVE AGREE20 MENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) Federal agencies and State and local gov22 ernments in Kansas may enter into cooperative 

23 agreements or compacts with the governing bodies of 

24 covered Indian Tribes for the purposes of improving 

25 law enforcement effectiveness, reducing crime in In26 dian country and nearby communities, and develVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Mar 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1552.IH H1552

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1 oping successful cooperative relationships that effec2 tively combat crime in Indian country and nearby 

3 communities. 

4 ‘‘(2) Each cooperative agreement or compact 

5 entered into pursuant to this subsection shall include 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Authorization for the deputization of 

8 law enforcement officers to enforce the laws of 

9 one or more of the other governments party to 

10 such cooperative agreement or compact. 

11 ‘‘(B) Requirements for the reporting of 

12 crimes occurring within Indian country covered 

13 under such cooperative agreement or compact 

14 to appropriate State, Federal, and Tribal law 

15 enforcement entities. 

16 ‘‘(C) If a covered Indian Tribe is party to 

17 the cooperative agreement or compact, a de18 scription of— 

19 ‘‘(i) the geographic limits within the 

20 reservation of the covered Indian Tribe on 

21 which the State may exercise criminal ju22 risdiction, if any; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) the categories of criminal of24 fenses within the reservation of the covered 


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1 Indian Tribe over which the State may ex2 ercise jurisdiction, if any. 

3 ‘‘(D) Other requirements under Federal 

4 law. 

5 ‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall, upon request 

6 from the governing body of a covered Indian Tribe, 

7 provide technical assistance in the development of 

8 cooperative agreements or compacts under this sec9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(d) COVERED INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—In this 

11 section, the term ‘covered Indian Tribe’ means the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(1) The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 

15 Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas. 

16 ‘‘(3) The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. 

17 ‘‘(4) The Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kan18 sas and Nebraska.’’. 

19 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments 

20 made by this Act shall not apply retroactively to any indi21 vidual arrested, prosecuted, or convicted by the State of 

22 Kansas prior to the effective date under subsection (c). 


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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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