16 U.S.C. § 539m–6
Jurisdiction over the Area
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 539m–6, Jurisdiction over the Area, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445649
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, jurisdiction over crimes committed in the Area shall be allocated as provided in this paragraph.11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection.”
The Pueblo shall have jurisdiction over an offense committed by a member of the Pueblo or of another federally-recognized Indian tribe who is present in the Area with the permission of the Pueblo under section 539m–3(a)(4) of this title.
The United States shall have jurisdiction over—
The State of New Mexico shall have jurisdiction over an offense under the law of the State committed by a person not a member of the Pueblo.
To the extent that the respective allocations of jurisdiction over the Area under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) overlap, the governments shall have concurrent jurisdiction.
Under the jurisdiction of the United States described in paragraph (3)(D), Federal law shall incorporate any offense defined and punishable under State law that is not so defined under Federal law.
Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the United States, the State of New Mexico, and local public bodies shall have the same civil adjudicatory, regulatory, and taxing jurisdiction over the Area as was exercised by those entities on the day before February 20, 2003.
The Pueblo shall have exclusive civil adjudicatory jurisdiction over—
The Pueblo shall have no regulatory jurisdiction over the Area, except that the Pueblo shall have exclusive authority to—
The Pueblo shall have no authority to impose taxes within the Area.
The State of New Mexico and local public bodies shall have no authority within the Area to tax the uses or the property of the Pueblo, members of the Pueblo, or members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes authorized to use the Area under section 539m–3(a)(4) of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003