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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Dec 9, 2016
Tribal Law and Order Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2016
This bill amends the Indian Law Enforcement Act, the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, and other laws to: (1) establish, or reauthorize through FY2021 and revise, various public safety programs and services with respect to Indian communities; and (2) modify provisions, and reauthorize through FY2021 various programs, related to Indian youth and juvenile justice.
People & committees
Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R–WY
Legislative record
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 726.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-404.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-404.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-347.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2710)
Introduced in Senate
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