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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 
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Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep the Promise Act 
of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In 2002, the voters in the State of Arizona 
approved Proposition 202, the Indian Gaming Pres-
ervation and Self-Reliance Act. 
(2) To obtain the support of Arizona voters to 
approve Proposition 202, the Indian tribes within 
Arizona agreed to limit the number of casinos within 
the State and in particular within the Phoenix met-
ropolitan area. 
(3) This Act preserves the agreement made be-
tween the tribes and the Arizona voters until the ex-
piration of the gaming compacts authorized by Prop-
osition 202. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’, ‘‘class II gam-
ing’’, and ‘‘class III gaming’’ have the meanings 
given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703); and 
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(2) the term ‘‘Phoenix metropolitan area’’ 
means land within Maricopa County and Pinal 
County, Arizona, that is north of latitude 33 de-
grees, 5 minutes, 13 seconds north, east of longitude 
113 degrees, 20 minutes, 0 seconds west, and west 
of longitude 110 degrees, 50 minutes, 45 seconds 
west, using the NED 1983 State Plane Arizona 
FOPS 0202 coordinate system. 
SEC. 4. GAMING CLARIFICATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Class II gaming and class III 
gaming are prohibited on land within the Phoenix metro-
politan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in 
trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. 
(b) EXPIRATION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
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 
lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain 
gaming compacts. 
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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