[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1333 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1333

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt the 
    transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive 
  materials for delivery to a federally recognized Indian tribe or an 
   agency of such a tribe from various Federal criminal prohibitions 
                        relating to explosives.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION, SHIPMENT, RECEIPT, OR 
              IMPORTATION OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS FOR DELIVERY TO A 
              FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE OR AN AGENCY OF SUCH A 
              TRIBE FROM VARIOUS FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROHIBITIONS RELATING 
              TO EXPLOSIVES.

    (a) In General.--Section 845(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ``to any agency of the United States or to any 
State or any political subdivision thereof'' and inserting ``to any 
agency of the United States, to any State or any political subdivision 
thereof, or to any federally recognized Indian tribe or agency 
thereof''.
    (b) Indian Tribe Defined.--Section 841 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(t) `Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act 
        of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 2009.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1333

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To amend chapter 40 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt the 
    transportation, shipment, receipt, or importation of explosive 
  materials for delivery to a federally recognized Indian tribe or an 
   agency of such a tribe from various Federal criminal prohibitions 
                        relating to explosives.