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Tribal Warrant Fairness Act

Introduced Oct 23, 2025

Latest action (Jun 15, 2026) Held at the desk.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Native Americans
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (4)
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationFederal-Indian relationsIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and funding

Summary
  • Allows the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in tribal criminal matters and tribal fugitive matters upon request from Indian Tribes.
  • Amends federal law to expand the U.S. Marshals Service's authority to include working with Indian Tribes on criminal and fugitive matters.
  • Amends the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 to include Indian Tribes and allow the Secret Service and other agencies to work with Indian Tribes on threat protection matters.
  • Clarifies that federal law enforcement cooperation with local and tribal law enforcement agencies is authorized under federal statute.

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Sponsor (1)
15 cosponsors

Actions (10)
  1. Jun 15, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
  2. Jun 15, 2026 Received in the House. · house
  3. Jun 12, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  4. Jun 10, 2026 Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2723-2724, S2727; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2723-2724) · senate
  5. Jun 10, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
  6. May 19, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 412. · senate
  7. May 19, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. · senate
  8. May 14, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
  9. Oct 23, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  10. Oct 23, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 2978 — GUARD Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5342 — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1489 — Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 2884 — Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 7490 — Tribal Warrant Fairness Act · Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 390 — BADGES for Native Communities Act · Passed Senate Dec 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 7698 — Tribal Firearm Access Act · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 3946 — Tribal Firearm Access Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 3383 — Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 4638 — Promoting Strong Native Families and Children Act · Introduced May 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 66%

Text versions (3)
  • Engrossed in Senate · Jun 10, 2026
  • Reported to Senate · May 19, 2026
  • Introduced in Senate · Oct 23, 2025

Committee action

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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

AN ACT

To allow the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in certain Tribal criminal matters, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Tribal Warrant Fairness Act”.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

In this Act, the term “Indian Tribe” means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation individually identified (including parenthetically) on the most recent list published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS.

(a) U.S. Marshals Service.—Section 566(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “including Tribal fugitive matters (on the request of an Indian Tribe, as defined in section 2 of the Tribal Warrant Fairness Act, as applicable),” after “matters,”; and

(2) in subparagraph (D), by inserting “Tribal,” after “local,”.

(b) Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000.—Section 6 of the Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 41503) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by inserting “and Indian Tribes, as defined in section 2 of the Tribal Warrant Fairness Act” after “components”; and

(B) by striking “and local” and inserting “local, and Tribal”; and

(2) in subsection (c), by striking “Federal or State law” and inserting “Federal, State, or Tribal law”.

Passed the Senate June 10, 2026.

Attest:

Secretary. 119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3041

AN ACT

To allow the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in certain Tribal criminal matters, and for other purposes.

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