Tribal Police Department Parity Act

Subjects: Native Americans


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3236 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3236

 To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law 
  enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law 
                         enforcement agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Ellzey, and 
  Mr. Zinke) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law 
  enforcement agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law 
                         enforcement agencies.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Police Department Parity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO FIREARMS.

    (a) Amendments to Title 18, United States Code.--
            (1) Transfer and possession of post-1986 machineguns.--
        Section 922(o)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or a State, or'' and inserting 
                ``, a State or''; and
                    (B) by inserting before ``; or'' the following: ``, 
                or an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the 
                Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
                (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or any department or agency 
                thereof''.
            (2) Transportation, shipment, receipt, possession, and 
        importation of firearms and ammunition.--Section 925(a)(1) of 
        such title is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or any State'' and inserting ``, 
                any State''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, or any Indian Tribe (as defined in 
                section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
                Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or any 
                department or agency thereof''.
    (b) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
            (1) Transfer tax exemption.--Section 5853(a) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``, 
        Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))'' 
        after ``any State''.
            (2) Making tax exemption.--Section 5853(b) of such Code is 
        amended by inserting ``, Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 
        of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 5304))'' after ``any State''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to any firearm transferred or made after the date 
        of enactment of this Act.
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