§539m–6 Jurisdiction over the Area

Summary

Decides who handles crimes in the Area. The Pueblo can handle crimes by Pueblo members or by members of other federally recognized tribes who are allowed there by the Pueblo under section 539m–3(a)(4). The United States handles crimes under 18 U.S.C. 1153 by Pueblo or other tribal members, crimes that break national forest protection or management rules, general federal crimes, and any crime a Pueblo member commits against someone who is not a Pueblo member. New Mexico handles crimes under state law by people who are not Pueblo members. If these rules overlap, the governments can share authority. Under the rule above, federal law will include state crimes that are not already defined as federal crimes. Gives rules for civil courts, rules, and taxes in the Area. Except as said next, the United States, New Mexico, and local governments keep the same civil, regulatory, and tax powers they had on February 20, 2003. The Pueblo alone decides civil disputes that only involve its members, civil cases the Pueblo brings against its members, and civil cases the Pueblo brings against members of another tribe about agreed traditional or cultural use or access. The Pueblo cannot make general regulations for the Area, but it alone can set rules for its members’ traditional or cultural uses and control access for other tribes under sections 539m to 539m–12. The Pueblo also controls hunting and trapping by its members when tied to traditional or cultural uses, but hunting/trapping outside the portions listed in sections 13, 14, 23, 24, and the northeast quarter of section 25 of T12N, R4E, and section 19 of T12N, R5E, N.M.P.M., Sandoval County, New Mexico must follow Pueblo rules that match New Mexico rules on weapons and distance from trails and homes. Neither the Pueblo nor the State or local governments may tax the Pueblo, its members, or members of other tribes allowed to use the Area under section 539m–3(a)(4).