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Testimony of Red Lake Chairman Gerald F. Brun, February 18, 1993 



Before the House Native American Affairs SuBCxsMMirrEE 



Regarding Tribal Fish and Wildlife Conservation Legislation 



RESERVATION TRESPASS I POACHER AMENDMENT 

 18 U.S.C. § 1165 (Indian Reservation trespass statute) 



18 U.S.C. § 1165 is amended to read as follows: 



1 § 1165. Hunting, trapping, or Fishing on Indian Land 



2 Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, willfully and knowingly goes upon 



3 any land that belongs to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or group and either are held by 



4 the United States in trust or are subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the 



5 United States, or upon any lands of the United States that are reserved for Indian use, for 



6 the purpose of hunting, trapping, or fishing thereon, or for the removal of game, peltries, 



7 or fish therefrom, shall be fined not more than $3G0 $3,000 or imprisoned not more than 



8 nin e ty days one year, or both, and all game, fish, afl4 peltries , vehicles, wea pons, gear, and 



9 other hunting and fishing equipment in his possession shall be forfeited to the Indian tribal 



10 government exercising conservation authority over the Indian land upon which the trespass 



11 occurred. The forfeited propertv. or the proceeds therefrom, shall be used bv said tribe in 



12 furtherance of its conservation enforcement activities. 



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