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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3236
To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment agencies to access firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement
agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 2023
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. BACON, Mr. ELLZEY, and
Mr. ZINKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To ensure that Federal laws that enable Federal, State,
and local law enforcement agencies to access firearms
apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Police Depart-
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ment Parity Act’’.
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SEC. 2. TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO FIREARMS.
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(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES
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CODE.—
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(1) TRANSFER AND POSSESSION OF POST-1986
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MACHINEGUNS.—Section 922(o)(2)(A) of title 18,
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United States Code, is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or a State, or’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘, a State or’’; and
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(B) by inserting before ‘‘; or’’ the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘, or an Indian Tribe (as defined in sec-
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tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and
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Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) or
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any department or agency thereof’’.
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(2) TRANSPORTATION,
SHIPMENT,
RECEIPT,
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POSSESSION, AND IMPORTATION OF FIREARMS AND
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AMMUNITION.—Section 925(a)(1) of such title is
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amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘or any State’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘, any State’’; and
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(B) by inserting before the period at the
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end the following: ‘‘, or any Indian Tribe (as
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defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter-
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mination and Education Assistance Act (25
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U.S.C. 5304)) or any department or agency
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thereof’’.
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(b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
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1986.—
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(1)
TRANSFER
TAX
EXEMPTION.—Section
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5853(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
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amended by inserting ‘‘, Indian Tribe (as defined in
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section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
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cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))’’ after ‘‘any
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State’’.
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(2) MAKING TAX EXEMPTION.—Section 5853(b)
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of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘, Indian
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Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De-
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termination and Education Assistance Act (25
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U.S.C. 5304))’’ after ‘‘any State’’.
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
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by this subsection shall apply to any firearm trans-
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ferred or made after the date of enactment of this
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Act.
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