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AN ACT AMENDING TITLE 22 OF THE CHEROKEE NATION CODE ANNOTATED RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF NATIVE WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND JUSTICE PERSONNEL AND EXPANDING SPECIAL TRIBAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE CHEROKEE NATION:
Section 1. Title and Codification
This act shall be known as the "Cherokee Nation Family Protection and Violence Against Women Act of 2022," alternatively known as the Special Criminal Jurisdiction Act of 2022, and shall amend Title 22 of the Cherokee Nation Code.
Section 2. Purpose
This Act amends the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated to provide expanded jurisdiction over non-Indians pursuant to the amended Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 2022 as authorized by Congress and codified at 25 U.S.C. 1304. This act expanded special tribal criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes. This act shall amend portions of Titles 21 and 22 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated.
Section 3. Legislative History
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? 40. Definitions
1. "Domestic violence" means the occurrence of one or more of the following acts between family or household members or persons involved in a dating relationship:
a. causing or attempting to cause physical harm;
b. threatening another with physical harm; or
c. violation of any other domestic violence laws of the Cherokee Nation.
2. "Family or household members" means spouses, ex-spouses, parents, children, persons otherwise related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or persons living in the same household or who formerly shared the same residence. This shall include the elderly and disabled;
3. "Dating relationship" means a person who is or has been in a social relationshioprelationship of a romantic or intimate nature with another as determined by:
a. the length of the relationship;
b. the type of relationship; and
c. the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the rela...
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