25 U.S.C. § 2455 — Law enforcement and judicial report
submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-570 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 191 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must require data collection about Indian law-enforcement and judicial encounters involving alcohol or substance abuse. The data must be shared annually and handled to protect families' and individuals' confidentiality.
(a) Compilation of law-enforcement data. For any Bureau of Indian Affairs law-enforcement or judicial-services program, whether run directly or through contracts under the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Secretary* of the Interior must require collection of data about calls and encounters, arrests and detentions, and case outcomes involving Indians when alcohol or substance abuse is found to be a contributing factor and the personnel are from the Bureau or a tribe. (b) Referral of data. Each year, the collected data must be given to the affected Indian tribe* and Tribal Coordinating Committee to help develop or change a Tribal Action Plan. It must also be sent to the Indian Health Service unit* director, who is responsible for compiling a tribal comprehensive report as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2477. (c) Confidentiality. The Secretary must ensure the data is collected and reported in a way that preserves the confidentiality of the families and individuals involved.
The Secretary* of the Interior, with respect to the administration of any law enforcement or judicial services program by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, either directly or through contracts under the Indian Self-Determination Act [25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.], shall require the compilation of data relating to calls and encounters, arrests and detentions, and disposition of cases by Bureau of Indian Affairs or tribal law enforcement or judicial personnel involving Indians where it is determined that alcohol or substance abuse is a contributing factor.
The data compiled pursuant to subsection (a) shall be provided annually to the affected Indian tribe* and Tribal Coordinating Committee to assist them in developing or modifying a Tribal Action Plan and shall also be submitted to the Indian Health Service 1 unit director who will have the responsibility for compiling a tribal comprehensive report as provided in section 2477 2 of this title.
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall insure that the data is compiled and reported in a manner which will preserve the confidentiality of the families and individuals involved.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4222, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–148.)
- 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-570 · 100 Stat. 3207
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