[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1775d]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 19--INDIAN LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER IX--MOHEGAN NATION (CONNECTICUT) LAND CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Sec. 1775d. Consent of United States to State assumption of
criminal jurisdiction
(a) In general
Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the consent of the United
States is hereby given to the assumption of jurisdiction by the State of
Connecticut over criminal offenses committed by or against Indians on
the reservation of the Mohegan Tribe. The State shall have such
jurisdiction to the same extent as the State has jurisdiction over such
offenses committed elsewhere within the State. The criminal laws of the
State shall have the same force within such reservation and Indian
country as such laws have elsewhere within the State.
(b) Statutory construction
(1) E
