PROTECT Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, PROTECT Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD988C721634847B99BDC4456AF0D9DE9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protection for Reservation Occupants against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today Act of 2025 or the...
- Section id3BE7D2F9A45C42569D19F6824768EA3C: 2. Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction under Stored Communications Act Section 2711 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph...
- Section H0648A8881F134CA6A7A985B5E955DDF9: 3. Tribal jurisdiction over controlled substances, related offenses, and firearms Section 204 of Public Law 90–284 (commonly known as the Indian Civil Rights...
- Section H7B5270BAA78843D98CEA6CF5C459EE9E: 4. Bureau of Prisons Tribal Prisoner Program Section 234(c)(2)(B) of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (25 U.S.C. 1302a(2)(B)) is amended by inserting or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, PROTECT Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill, PROTECT Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Steve Daines
R-MT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a violation of the criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the violation occurs that involves the use or possession of a firearm— (A) in furtherance of a covered crime
a department or agency of— (A) the United States
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