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Seneca Nation Urges Congress to Restore Criminal Jurisdiction in New York, Citing Drug‑Trafficking and Public Safety Concerns
Summary
Seneca Nation leaders and congressional sponsors told the subcommittee HR 7065 would let the Seneca Nation and the attorney general nullify a 1948 grant of New York State criminal jurisdiction on Seneca lands by written agreement, a change supporters say would improve public safety and restore sovereignty.
Representative Langworthy introduced HR 7065 as a measure to allow the Seneca Nation, with written concurrence from the U.S. Attorney General, to nullify a 1948 statutory grant of New York State criminal jurisdiction and to negotiate a law‑enforcement compact with DOJ.
Jay Conrad Seneca, president of the Seneca Nation, described decades‑long consequences of the 1948 statute (section 232/public law era) and linked jurisdictional complexity to rising drug trafficking and…
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