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S. 381Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

A bill to repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation".

Sponsored by Chuck GrassleySen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Introduced February 15, 2017

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S. 381 would cancel a 1948 law that gave the State of Iowa authority to prosecute crimes involving Native Americans on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation. By repealing that law, the bill removes Iowa’s criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against tribal members on the reservation, shifting authority back to federal or tribal courts. The change affects the legal handling of crimes on that reservation and the relationship between state and tribal jurisdiction.

Key Provisions

  • Repeals the 1948 act that conferred jurisdiction to Iowa over offenses involving Indians on the Sac and Fox Reservation.

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160.

June 28, 2017

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Introduced in Senate

February 15, 2017

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Indian Affairs Committee

February 15, 2017

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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Indian Affairs Committee

March 29, 2017

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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-122.

Indian Affairs Committee

June 28, 2017

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160.

June 28, 2017

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Calendar No. 160

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 381

[Report No. 115–122]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 15, 2017

Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Udall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

June 28, 2017

Reported by Mr. Hoeven, without amendment

A BILL

To repeal the Act entitled An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation.

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Repeal

The Act entitled An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation, approved June 30, 1948 (62 Stat. 1161, chapter 759), is repealed.

June 28, 2017

Reported without amendment