[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 4369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1588]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Special Law Enforcement Commissions

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the online publication of the Interim 
Special Law Enforcement Commission Policy, Rules and Procedures, the 
Interim Special Law Enforcement Commission Protocols and the Interim 
Domestic Violence Waiver that will be used by the Office of Justice 
Services following passage of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. The 
documents are published on the Indian Affairs Web site.

DATES: The Interim Special Law Enforcement Commission Policy, Rules and 
Procedures, the Interim Special Law Enforcement Commission Protocols 
and the Interim Domestic Violence Waiver are effective on January 25, 
2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Addington, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Office of Justice Services, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240; Telephone (202) 208-5787.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 calls 
for publication of the Interim Special Law Enforcement Commission 
Policy, Rules and Procedures, the Interim Special Law Enforcement 
Commission Protocols and the Interim Domestic Violence Waiver. The 
documents are being published for interim use on the Indian Affairs Web 
site at http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OJS/index.htm. The documents 
were the subject of tribal consultation in November and December 2010. 
The Office of Justice Services continues consultation on the Tribal Law 
and Order Act of 2010 and expects to publish the documents in final 
form once the tribal consultation ends.
    The documents provide for the deputation of law enforcement 
officers employed by tribes, States and subdivisions of States. 
Deputized officers are authorized to assist the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs in its duties to provide law enforcement services and to make 
lawful arrests in Indian country within the jurisdiction of the tribe.

    Dated: January 20, 2011.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-1588 Filed 1-24-11; 8:45 am]
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