Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

Subjects: Native Americans


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1536

To ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that are eligible 
 for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming 
                Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2023

   Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Tester, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Lujan) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that are eligible 
 for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming 
                Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1987, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 
        in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 
        (1987), that, if California regulated rather than prohibited 
        gaming in the State, an Indian Tribe could offer similar forms 
        of gaming on Tribal land;
            (2) in response to California v. Cabazon Band of Mission 
        Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), Congress enacted the Indian 
        Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), which has since 
        supported and promoted Tribal economic development, and self-
        sufficiency and provides a regulatory structure for gaming on 
        Tribal land;
            (3) as of 2023, more than 200 Indian Tribes in 28 States 
        are regulated under that Act;
            (4) on June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United 
        States ruled that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
        Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 
        100-89; 101 Stat. 666) allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the 
        Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to offer gaming activities on Tribal 
        land that are not fully prohibited by Texas law and without 
        regard to any State regulations over the gaming activities; and
            (5) as of 2023, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-
        Coushatta Tribes are the only Indian Tribes in the United 
        States that are eligible to game on Tribal land but not 
        regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
        2701 et seq.).

SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION AND GAMING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Rule of Construction.--The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100-
89; 101 Stat. 666) is amended by inserting after section 2 the 
following:

``SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    ``Nothing in this Act precludes or limits the applicability of the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).''.
    (b) Gaming Activities.--Sections 107 and 207 of the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act 
(Public Law 100-89; 101 Stat. 668, 672) are repealed.
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