I ask further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 186, strike line 5 and all that follows through page 187, line 3, and insert the following: SEC. 905. TRIBAL PROTECTION ORDERS. Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following: ``(e) Tribal Court Jurisdiction.--For purposes of this section, a court of an Indian tribe shall have full civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders involving any person, including the authority to enforce any orders through civil contempt proceedings, to exclude violators from Indian land, and to use other appropriate mechanisms, in matters arising anywhere in the Indian country of the Indian tribe (as defined in section 1151) or otherwise within the authority of the Indian tribe.''. Beginning on page 193, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 194, line 3, and insert the following: SEC. 910. SPECIAL RULE FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA. (a) Expanded Jurisdiction.--In the State of Alaska, the amendments made by sections 904 and 905 shall only apply to the Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code) of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve.…
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