Election as jurisdiction by Indian Tribes

(a) In general An Indian Tribe may, by resolution or other enactment of the relevant Tribal council or comparable governmental body— (1) elect to qualify as a jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act; or (2) elect to— (A) delegate the requirements of this Act to not less than 1 jurisdiction within which the territory of the Indian Tribe is located; or (B) provide access to its territory and such other cooperation and assistance as may be needed to enable such other jurisdiction or jurisdictions to carry out and enforce the requirements of this part. (b) Imputed election in certain cases An Indian Tribe shall be deemed to have made the election described in subsection (a)(2)(B) if— (1) the Indian Tribe is subject to the law enforcement jurisdiction of a State under section 1162 of title 18, United States Code; and (2) the Indian Tribe— (A) does not make an election under subsection (a)(1) by the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; (B) rescinds an election of the Indian Tribe under subsection (a)(1); or (C) the Attorney General determines that the Indian Tribe— (i) has not substantially implemented the requirements of this Act; and (ii) is not likely to become capable of substantially implementing the requirements of this Act within a reasonable amount of time. (c) Cooperation between tribal authorities and other jurisdictions (1) Nonduplication An Indian Tribe that elects to be a jurisdiction for the purposes of this Act shall not be required to duplicate functions under this Act which are fully carried out by another jurisdiction or jurisdictions within which the territory of the Indian Tribe is located. (2) Cooperative agreements An Indian Tribe may, through cooperative agreements with a jurisdiction or jurisdictions described in paragraph (1)— (A) arrange for the Indian Tribe to carry out any function of such a jurisdiction under this Act with respect to repeat violent felons subject to the Indian Tribe's jurisdiction; and (B) arrange for such a jurisdiction to carry out any function of the Indian Tribe under this Act with respect to repeat violent felons subject to the Indian Tribe's jurisdiction.