[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4335-4336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01524]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[Docket No. OTJ 110]


United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal 
Jurisdiction; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Deputy Attorney General, exercising authority delegated by 
the Attorney General, is granting the request by the Mille Lacs Band of 
Ojibwe for

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United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction, 
pursuant to the provisions of 28 CFR 50.25. Concurrent federal criminal 
jurisdiction will take effect on January 1, 2017.

DATES: This notice is effective January 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310, 
Washington, DC 20530, email [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of 
Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, at (202) 514-8812 (not a toll-
free number) or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Background

    The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) was enacted on July 29, 2010, 
as Title II of Public Law 111-211. The purpose of TLOA is to help the 
Federal Government and tribal governments better address the unique 
public safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Section 
221(b) of the new law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), permits an 
Indian tribe with Indian country subject to State criminal jurisdiction 
under Public Law 280, P.L. 83-280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953), to request that 
the United States accept concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute 
violations of the General Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 1152) and the Major 
Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 1153) within that tribe's Indian country.

Department of Justice Regulation Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d)

    On December 6, 2011, the Department published final regulations 
that established the framework and procedures for a mandatory Public 
Law 280 tribe to request the assumption of concurrent Federal criminal 
jurisdiction within the Indian country of the tribe that is subject to 
Public Law 280. 76 FR 76037 (Dec. 6, 2011), codified at 28 CFR 50.25. 
Among other provisions, the regulations provide that, upon acceptance 
of a tribal request, the Office of Tribal Justice shall publish notice 
of the consent in the Federal Register.

Request by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

    By a request dated February 22, 2013, the Mille Lacs Band of 
Ojibwe, located in the State of Minnesota, requested that the United 
States assume concurrent Federal jurisdiction to prosecute violations 
of the General Crimes Act and the Major Crimes Act within the Indian 
country of the tribe. This would allow the United States to assume 
concurrent criminal jurisdiction over offenses within the Indian 
country of the tribe without eliminating or affecting the State's 
existing criminal jurisdiction.
    In deciding to grant the tribe's request, the Department followed 
the procedures described in the Department's final notice on Assumption 
of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian 
Country, 76 FR 76037 (Dec. 6, 2011). The Federal government's 
assumption of concurrent federal criminal jurisdiction within the 
Indian country of the Mille Lace Band of Ojibwe will take effect on 
January 1, 2017.

    Dated: January 20, 2016.
Tracy Toulou,
Director, Office of Tribal Justice.
[FR Doc. 2016-01524 Filed 1-25-16; 8:45 am]
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