15.01.020 Purpose, Authority and Jurisdiction

(a) The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council ("Tribal Council") adopts these Hemp Production Regulations ("Regulations") to establish rules to govern the production of hemp on Mohawk Tribal Territory.

(b) Authority to adopt this chapter derives from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's ("Tribe") inherent sovereignty to regulate activities within Mohawk Tribal Territory that includes the authority to regulate hemp production and the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-334, December 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4490 ("Farm Bill") and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") Final Rule (January 19, 2021), 86 FR 5596, recognizing a tribe's right to assume primary authority over hemp production.

(c) The Tribe's jurisdiction, as recognized in the USDA Final Rule, upon approval by USDA, extends to production of hemp with the Tribe's territory regardless of the extent of the Tribe's inherent regulatory authority.