The U.S. Marshals Service currently assists federal, state, and local law enforcement in tracking down fugitives with active warrants. Tribal governments — which operate their own courts and law enforcement agencies — have been left out of that formal assistance framework. This bill changes that by authorizing the Marshals to help tribal governments pursue fugitive matters when a tribe requests it. It also updates a related law governing inter-agency coordination — the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 — to put tribal law on equal footing with federal, state, and local law. For the roughly 574 federally recognized tribes across the country, this means access to the same warrant-enforcement support already available to state and local police departments.
Congressional Summary
Tribal Warrant Fairness ActThis bill authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) to assist with certain tribal law enforcement activities and allows tribal law enforcement agencies to participate in regional fugitive task forces.Specifically, the bill authorizes the USMS, upon the request of an Indian tribe, to investigate tribal fugitive matters. The USMS may investigate tribal fugitive matters both within and outside the United States, as directed by the Department of Justice (DOJ).Additionally, the USMS, upon the request of tribal law enforcement agencies, may assist these agencies in locating and recovering missing children.The bill also allows tribal law enforcement agencies to participate in regional fugitive task forces. DOJ must consult with tribes when establishing new task forces. (The USMS oversees regional fugitive task forces. Currently, these task forces combine the efforts of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate and apprehend fugitives.)
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-06-10
- Date Added
- 2026-06-30
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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