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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 3623 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes. · Sec. 812

Sec. 812. Definitions

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In this subtitle: The terms assault of Tribal justice personnel , covered crime , obstruction of justice , protection order , and violation of a protection order have the meanings given the terms in section 204(a) of Public Law 90–284 ( 25 U.S.C. 1304(a) ) (commonly known as the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 ). For purposes of the application of the definitions of assault of Tribal justice personnel , obstruction of justice , and violation of a protection order , and for purposes of the application of the defined terms contained in the definition of covered crime , under section 204(a) of Public Law 90–284 ( 25 U.S.C. 1304(a) ) (commonly known as the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 ) to the pilot program, the Attorney General shall modify any reference to Indian country to mean the Village of a participating Tribe.
The terms Indian , Indian court , Indian tribe , and powers of self-government have the meanings given the terms in section 201 of Public Law 90–284 ( 25 U.S.C. 1301 ) (commonly known as the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 ). The term participating Tribe means an Indian tribe that is designated under section 813(d)(1) as a participating Tribe to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction. The term pilot program means the pilot program established by section 813(d)(1). The term special Tribal criminal jurisdiction means the criminal jurisdiction that a participating Tribe may exercise under this subtitle but could not otherwise exercise.
The term State means the State of Alaska. The term Village means the Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1602 )), as depicted on the applicable Tribal Statistical Area Program Verification map of the Bureau of the Census.
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