agreements,’’ and inserting ‘‘all related agreements involv-
ing the same parties, financing or leasing agreements, or
any agreement that pertains to significant management
functions or responsibilities,’’.
SEC. 8. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) DATE FROM WHICH FINES RUN.—Paragraph (1)
of section 14(a) (25 U.S.C. 2713(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘Fines imposed under this
paragraph may not run from before the date of notice of
violation.’’.
(b) INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION.—Paragraph
(2) of section 14(a) (25 U.S.C. 2713(a)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘an opportunity for resolving disputes informally
and’’ after ‘‘provide’’.
SEC. 9. GAMING ON LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER DATE OF EN-
ACTMENT.
(a) REPEAL
OF CONCURRENCE
BY GOVERNOR.—
Subparagraph (A) of section 20(b)(1) (25 U.S.C.
2719(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, but only’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘determination’’.
(b) APPLICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—
Paragraph (1) of section 20(d) (25 U.S.C. 2719(d)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, and the exemption from
Federal taxes provided to the States with respect to
any gaming activity,’’ after ‘‘wagering operations’’
the first place it appears; and
(2) by striking ‘‘or under a Tribal-State’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘effect,’’ and inserting ‘‘and
the reporting of cash transactions,’’.
SEC. 10. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Subsections (c)(2) and (d) of section 1166 of title 18,
United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘Tribal
State compact’’ and inserting ‘‘Compact’’.
SEC. 11. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL LAWS TO CLASS III
GAMING.
The Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘MISCELLANEOUS
‘‘SEC. 25. (a) Class III gaming activities that are as
a matter of Federal law, lawfully in any jurisdiction on
the date of the enactment of this section, shall, notwith-
standing the provisions of this Act, remain lawful for pur-
poses of section 11(d)(6) of this Act.
‘‘(b) For purposes of Federal law, the laws in effect
on the date that a tribe notifies the Secretary (or prior
to 1993, notified the State) that it wishes to negotiate a
Compact, shall be the basis for determining the scope of
gaming in section 11(d) of this Act for any Compact, or
for procedures in lieu of a compact.
‘‘(c) For purposes of this Act, any change in State
law which occurs after the earlier of (1) a Tribe’s request
to the State for negotiations of a Tribal-State Compact
pursuant to this Act, or (2) the Tribe’s request to the Sec-
retary for a Compact pursuant to this Act, shall not have
any affect upon the terms and conditions of the Compact,
or upon the obligations of any government entity pursuant
to this Act.
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, tribes
with Indian lands in the Eastern District of Washington
shall be entitled to conduct class III gaming activities
without a Compact, as long as such games are limited to
the nature and scope of gaming activities in effect on or
prior to November 1, 1994, so long as such activities are
otherwise in compliance with this Act.
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, tribes
with Indian lands in Wisconsin shall be entitled to conduct
class III gaming activities consistent with the decision of
the Federal district court in Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa v. State of Wisconsin, 770 F.
Supp. 480 (W.D. Wis. 1991).’’.
SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) 
TRIBAL-STATE
COMPACTS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act or an amendment made
by this Act, all Tribal-State Compacts approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, and procedures for governance
in lieu of Compacts promulgated by the Secretary, under
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as in effect on the date
before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue
to be fully operative and binding on the parties and shall
not be subject to revision unless agreed to by the parties.
(b) PENDING
NEGOTIATIONS
OF
TRIBAL-STATE
COMPACTS.—Any tribe that requested a State to negotiate
a Tribal-State Compact prior to the enactment of this Act
and has not completed that process may request the Sec-
retary to enter into a Compact as specified under section
11(d)(3)(A) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, as pro-
vided by the amendments made by this Act.
(c) CLASS III GAMING UNDER CERTAIN DEPART-
MENT OF THE INTERIOR REGULATIONS.—Notwithstand-
ing any provision of the amendments made by this Act,
tribes operating class III gaming pursuant to regulations
promulgated by the Department of the Interior and in ef-
fect on or before the date of enactment of this Act shall
be entitled to conduct class III gaming activities without
the approval of a Compact, consistent with such regula-
tions.
(d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘Tribal-State Compact’’ has the same meaning
given such term in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, as
such Act was in effect on the date before the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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