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Jon Tester: “This Act would allow tribes to prosecute anyone who commits a drug offense on tribal lands.”

On the recordApril 12, 2016
This Act would allow tribes to prosecute anyone who commits a drug offense on tribal lands.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester explains the purpose of the Tribal Youth and Community Protection Act.

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