§ 2801. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC2801]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 30--INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM
Sec. 2801. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter--
(1) The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of
the Department of the Interior.
(2) The term ``employee of the Bureau'' includes an officer of
the Bureau.
(3) The term ``enforcement of a law'' includes the prevention,
detection, and investigation of an offense and the detention or
confinement of an offender.
(4) The term ``Indian country'' has the meaning given that term
in section 1151 of title 18.
(5) The term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given that term in
section 1301 of this title.
(6) The term ``offense'' means an offense against the United
States and includes a violation of a Federal regulation relating to
part or all of Indian country.
(7) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior.
(8) The term ``Division of Law Enforcement Services'' means the
entity established within the Bureau under section 2802(b) of this
title.
(9) The term ``Branch of Criminal Investigations'' means the
entity the Secretary is required to establish within the Division of
Law Enforcement Services under section 2802(d)(1) of this title.
(Pub. L. 101-379, Sec. 2, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 473.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 101-379, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 473, which is
classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 101-379 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this chapter and provisions set out as a note under section 2991a of
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] may be cited as the `Indian Law
Enforcement Reform Act'.''
