18 U.S.C. § 1153 - Offenses committed within Indian country

• Cite as: 18 U.S.C. § 1153

(a) Any Indian who commits against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following offenses, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, maiming, a felony under chapter 109A, incest, a felony assault under section 113, an assault against an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, felony child abuse or neglect, arson, burglary, robbery, and a felony under section 661 of this title within the Indian country, shall be subject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing any of the above offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.

(b) Any offense referred to in subsection (a) of this section that is not defined and punished by Federal law in force within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall be defined and punished in accordance with the laws of the State in which such offense was committed as are in force at the time of such offense.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 1153

Source: June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 758; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §26, 63 Stat. 94; Pub. L. 89-707, §1, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 90-284, title V, §501, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 94-297, §2, May 29, 1976, 90 Stat. 585; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, §1009, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 99-303, May 15, 1986, 100 Stat. 438; Pub. L. 99-646, §87(c)(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3623; Pub. L. 99-654, §3(a)(5), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3663; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, §7027, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397; Pub. L. 103-322, title XVII, §170201(e), title XXXIII, §330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2043, 2150; Pub. L. 109-248, title II, §215, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 617; Pub. L. 113-4, title IX, §906(b), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 125.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 5/22/2023

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

1948 ACT

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§548, 549 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§328, 329, 35 Stat. 1151; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §291, 36 Stat. 1167; June 28, 1932, ch. 284, 47 Stat. 337).

Section consolidates said sections 548 and 549 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Section 548 of said title covered 10 crimes. Section 549 of said title covered the same except robbery and incest.

The 1932 amendment of section 548 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., constituting the last paragraph of the section, is omitted and section 549 of said title to which it applied likewise is omitted. The revised section therefore suffices to cover prosecution of the specific offenses committed on all reservations as intended by Congress.