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The bill expands Tribal participation and legal recognition in fugitive apprehension task forces to improve collaboration and clarity on Tribal lands, while imposing modest coordination costs and raising the risk of jurisdictional complexity during joint operations.
Tribal governments and tribal-lands residents: Tribal authorities can formally join fugitive apprehension task forces and Tribal law is recognized as a source of authority, enabling more collaborative, legally consistent joint operations that reduce confusion and improve enforcement on Tribal lands.
Federal and local agencies (and their employees): Adding Tribal partners will likely increase coordination, training, and administrative demands, producing short-term additional costs for agencies involved in the task forces.
Law enforcement and tribal-lands residents: Explicitly expanding Tribal authority in joint operations could create or highlight jurisdictional complexity, risking disputes or delays in enforcement actions when boundaries or authorities overlap.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Inserts explicit references to Tribal authorities and Tribal law into two federal statutes to clarify Tribal inclusion in specified law enforcement provisions.
Adds explicit references to Tribal authorities and Tribal law in two federal statutes by making small wording and punctuation edits. The changes insert “Tribal” into lists of authorities and replace a phrase to include Tribal law as a source of existing legal authority for fugitive-apprehension task forces. The amendments are technical and limited in scope: they clarify that Tribal governments and Tribal law are treated alongside Federal, State, and local authorities in the specified provisions. The measure does not appropriate funds or create new programs; it updates statutory wording to reduce ambiguity about Tribal inclusion.
Introduced February 11, 2026 by Tom Cole · Last progress February 11, 2026