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Union Calendar No. 67 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 308 

[Report No. 114–95] 

To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the 

expiration of certain gaming compacts. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. SALMON) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

APRIL 29, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KILDEE, and Mr. CONYERS

APRIL 29, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in 

Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep the Promise Act 

5 of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) In 2002, the voters in the State of Arizona 

9 approved Proposition 202, the Indian Gaming Pres10 ervation and Self-Reliance Act. 

11 (2) To obtain the support of Arizona voters to 

12 approve Proposition 202, the Indian tribes within 

13 Arizona agreed to limit the number of casinos within 

14 the State and in particular within the Phoenix met15 ropolitan area. 

16 (3) This Act preserves the agreement made be17 tween the tribes and the Arizona voters until the ex18 piration of the gaming compacts authorized by Prop19 osition 202. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 For the purposes of this Act— 

22 (1) the terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’, ‘‘class II gam23 ing’’, and ‘‘class III gaming’’ have the meanings 

24 given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 

25 Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703); and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘Phoenix metropolitan area’’ 

2 means land within Maricopa County and Pinal 

3 County, Arizona, that is north of latitude 33 de4 grees, 5 minutes, 13 seconds north, east of longitude 

5 113 degrees, 20 minutes, 0 seconds west, and west 

6 of longitude 110 degrees, 50 minutes, 45 seconds 

7 west, using the NED 1983 State Plane Arizona 

8 FOPS 0202 coordinate system. 

9 SEC. 4. GAMING CLARIFICATION. 

10 (a) PROHIBITION.—Class II gaming and class III 

11 gaming are prohibited on land within the Phoenix metro12 politan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in 

13 trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. 

14 (b) EXPIRATION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

15 shall expire on January 1, 2027. 


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Union Calendar No. 67 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 308 

[Report No. 114–95] 

A BILL 

To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian 

gaming compacts. lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain 

APRIL 29, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with BILLS