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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5125 

To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that the Secretary 

of the Interior shall not approve a Tribal-State gaming compact under 

that Act unless the State involved has a State law providing for a 

gaming master plan that has been approved by the Secretary. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. COSTA (for himself and Mr. CARDOZA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide 

that the Secretary of the Interior shall not approve a 

Tribal-State gaming compact under that Act unless the 

State involved has a State law providing for a gaming 

master plan that has been approved by the Secretary. 

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

3 SECTION 1. STATE GAMING MASTER PLAN. 

4 Section 11(d) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 

5 (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘entity, 

7 and’’ and inserting ‘‘entity and has a State law proVerDate Aug 31 2005 23:07 Apr 13, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5125.IH H5125

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1 viding for a gaming master plan that has been ap2 proved by the Secretary, and’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(10)(A) The Secretary is authorized to ap6 prove a Tribal-State compact under this Act only if 

7 the State in which the gaming activities subject to 

8 the compact will be conducted has a State law pro9 viding for a gaming master plan that has been ap10 proved by the Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may approve a State gam12 ing master plan only if the plan contains, at a min13 imum, the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) A list of federally recognized Indian 

15 tribes with Indian lands within the boundaries 

16 of the State and the location of those Indian 

17 lands in reference to the Indian Economic Op18 portunity Zone, if such a zone has been estab19 lished, and other land in that State on which 

20 gaming activities regulated under this Act are 

21 conducted. 

22 ‘‘(ii) A limit on the number of Tribal-State 

23 compacts that the State may approve per year 

24 in the 10 years following submission of the plan 

25 to the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) A limit on the number of slot ma2 chines that will be allowed under the Tribal3 State compacts that the State may approve in 

4 the 10 years following submission of the plan to 

5 the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(iv) A description of the process that the 

7 State used to consult with the Indian tribes list8 ed pursuant to clause (i) regarding the criteria 

9 set forth pursuant to this subparagraph. 

10 ‘‘(v) A description of the process that the 

11 State will use to determine civil and criminal 

12 jurisdiction regarding gaming activities regu13 lated under this Act. 

14 ‘‘(vi) A description of the cost-benefit anal15 ysis that the State will use to determine the 

16 feasibility of any Tribal-State compact proposed 

17 to be entered into under this Act. 

18 ‘‘(vii) A description of the process that the 

19 State used to allow interested parties to com20 ment on the plan. 

21 ‘‘(viii) A description of the process that the 

22 State requires for final approval of any new or 

23 renewed Tribal-State compact. 

24 ‘‘(C) If the Secretary does not approve or dis25 approve a State gaming master plan before the date 


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1 that is 30 days after the date on which the plan is 

2 submitted to the Secretary for approval, the plan 

3 shall be considered to have been approved by the 

4 Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall restrict 

6 newly recognized, restored, or landless federally rec7 ognized Indian tribes from entering into Tribal-State 

8 compact negotiations in accordance with this Act. 

9 ‘‘(E) Nothing in this paragraph shall affect 

10 Tribal-State compacts that are lawful, valid, and in 

11 effect on the date of the enactment of this para12 graph.’’. 

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