I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3723 
To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming in 
the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Mr. LUTTRELL (for himself, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible 
for gaming in the United States are regulated under 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Tribal Gaming Regu-
latory Compliance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled in Cali-
fornia v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians that if 
California regulated, rather than prohibited, gaming 
in the State, then an Indian Tribe could offer simi-
lar forms of gaming on its land. 
(2) In response to the Cabazon decision, the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act (Public Law 100–497) 
was enacted, which has since supported and pro-
moted Tribal economic development and self-suffi-
ciency and continues to provide a regulatory struc-
ture for gaming on Tribal lands. 
(3) Over 200 Indian Tribes in 28 States are 
currently regulated under the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act. 
(4) On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court 
ruled that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama- 
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, on Tribal lands, gaming activities 
that are not fully prohibited by Texas law and with-
out regard to any Texas regulations over such gam-
ing activities. 
(5) As a result of the Supreme Court decision, 
the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama- 
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Coushatta Tribe are the only two Indian Tribes in 
the United States that have overlapping regulatory 
language governing their gaming activities (Public 
Law 497 and Public Law 100–89; 101 Stat. 666). 
(6) This Act will eliminate any redundant regu-
latory language and ensure the Ysleta del Sur Pueb-
lo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe are regulated 
in the same form and manner as all other gaming 
by Indian Tribes in the United States. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT. 
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act (Public 
Law 100–89; 101 Stat. 666 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after section 2, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘This Act shall be construed to ensure the full appli-
cability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2701 et seq.) to gaming activities on Indian lands of the 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Indian lands of the Alabama- 
Coushatta Tribe.’’; 
(2) by striking section 107; and 
(3) by striking section 207. 
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