Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/92

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118 STAT. 62 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 is the subject of a disciplinary recommendation for ethical mis conduct by the Counsel for Professional Responsibility. SEC. 111. In addition to the amounts provided under ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys’’, $15,000,000 shall be for Project Seahawk and shall remain available until expended. SEC. 112. (a)(1) None of the funds provided in this Act or hereafter may be used for courts or law enforcement officers for a tribe or village— (A) in which fewer than 25 Native members live in the village year round; or (B) that is located within the boundaries of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, the Municipality of Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the City and Borough of Juneau, the Sitka Borough, or the Ketch ikan Borough. (2)(A) There is established an Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission (hereinafter ‘‘Justice Commission’’). The United States Attorney General shall appoint the Justice Commis sion which shall include a Federal Co chairman, the Attorney Gen eral for the State of Alaska or his designee who shall act as the State Co Chairman, the Commissioner of Public Safety for the State of Alaska, a representative from the Alaska Municipal League, a representative from an organized borough, a representa tive of the Alaska Federation of Natives, a tribal representative, a representative from a non profit Native corporation that operates Village Public Safety Officer programs, and a representative from the Alaska Native Justice Center. The chief judge for the Federal District Court for the District of Alaska may also appoint a non voting representative to provide technical support. The Justice Commission may hire such staff as is necessary to assist with its work. (B) The Justice Commission shall review Federal, State, local, and tribal jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters in Alaska but outside the Municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, the City and Borough of Juneau, the Sitka Bor ough, and the Ketchikan Borough. It shall make recommendations to Congress and the Alaska State Legislature no later than May 1, 2004, on options which shall include the following— (i) create a unified law enforcement system, court system, and system of local laws or ordinances for Alaska Native vil lages and communities of varying sizes including the possibility of first, second, and third class villages with different powers; (ii) meet the law enforcement and judicial personnel needs in rural Alaska including the possible use of cross deputization in a way that maximizes the existing resources of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments; (iii) address the needs to regulate alcoholic beverages including the prohibition of the sale, importation, use, or posses sion of alcoholic beverages and to provide restorative justice for persons who violate such laws including treatment; and (iv) address the problem of domestic violence and child abuse including treatment options and restorative justice. (b)(1) The General Accounting Office shall immediately begin a review of Federal programs benefitting rural communities in Alaska including the name of each program and the department or agency that administers it, the amount of funds provided to Deadline. Establishment. Alaska. 25 USC 3651 note.