Native Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act
This bill extends tribal jurisdiction over certain crimes.
Specifically, the bill extends tribal jurisdiction over the following crimes:
- violence committed against a child by a caregiver;
- violence against law enforcement officers involved in preventing, investigating, arresting, or prosecuting a person for domestic violence, dating violence, or child violence;
- attempted dating violence or domestic violence; or
- threatened dating violence or domestic violence.
In addition, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 grants to tribal governments for exercising tribal criminal jurisdiction for those crimes.