[CQ-Contest] NAQP Rules for 2013

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

On 1/8/2013 7:16 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> I guess with this thinking every Indian Reservation should be a 
> multiplier too?  National Parks?  If I can drive up toe Rocky Mountain 
> National Park and be a mult I am in.
>
Not really.  With respect to Native American reservations, Public Law 
280 grants the states authority to enforce laws within reservations that 
are located within their respective states.  18 U.S.C. § 1162 provided 
the authority for states like California to have criminal jurisdiction 
over crimes which involve Native Americans - on tribal soil or outside 
of tribal soil.  There are also some civil jurisdictional grants, but 
they are more limited than criminal.

In other words, a reservation is quasi independent but still subject to 
laws of the state in which they are located.

Regardless of if a piece of property is in an indian reservation or on 
federal land (a park, a monument, an air force base), it is still within 
the physical boundaries of a state. That is,
the ownership matter of property is totally distinct from its physical 
locality.  Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego may be Federal property, 
but it is physically within the City of San Diego in the state of 
California.

What is the District of Columbia in?  Is it in Maryland?  No. Is it in 
Virginia?  No.  Is there private land in the District not owned by the 
Federal government.  Yes.

73 Rich NN3W