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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 105090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30744]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by operation of Law Tribal-State Class 
III Gaming Compacts in the State of California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the approval by operation of law of 
Tribal-State gaming compacts (Compacts) governing the operation and 
regulation of class III gaming activities between the State of 
California and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 
Indian Reservation, California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of 
the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; La Posta Band of Diegueno 
Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Table 
Mountain Rancheria, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; Tule River Indian Tribe of 
the Tule River Reservation, California.

DATES: The Compacts takes effect on December 26, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Washington, DC 20240, [email protected]; (202) 219-4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 25 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., (IGRA) provides the Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) with 45 days to review and approve or disapprove any 
Tribal-State compact governing the conduct of class III gaming activity 
on the Tribe's Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8). If the Secretary 
does not approve or disapprove a Tribal-State compact within the 45 
days, IGRA provides the Tribal-State compact is considered to have been 
approved by the Secretary, but only to the extent the compact is 
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). The IGRA also 
requires the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register of 
the approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III gaming activities on Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). The 
Department's regulations at 25 CFR 293.4 require all compacts and 
amendments to be reviewed and approved by the Secretary prior to taking 
effect.
    The Secretary took no action on the Compacts between the State of 
California and the Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 
Indian Reservation, California; the Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians 
of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California, the La Posta Band of 
Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Indian Reservation, 
California; the Table Mountain Rancheria; the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe; 
and the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 
California, within the 45-day statutory review period. Therefore, the 
Compacts are considered to have been approved, but only to the extent 
they are consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-30744 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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