Keep the Promise Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-308
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2015-01-13
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 263 - 146 (Roll no. 626).

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Keep the Promise Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. Terminates the restriction on January 1, 2027. </p>

action_date: 2015-04-29
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Keep the Promise Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Restricts gaming on land within the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after April 9, 2013. Terminates the restriction on January 1, 2027. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 308 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 A BILL To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep the Promise Act of 2015 . 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) In 2002, the voters in the State of Arizona approved Proposition 202, the Indian Gaming Preservation 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 metropolitan area. (3) This Act preserves the agreement made between the tribes and the Arizona voters until the expiration of the gaming compacts authorized by Proposition 202. 3. Definitions For the purposes of this Act— (1) the terms Indian tribe , class II gaming , 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 (2) the term Phoenix metropolitan area means land within Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, that is north of latitude 33 degrees, 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. 4. Gaming clarification (a) Prohibition Class II gaming and class III gaming are prohibited on land within the Phoenix metropolitan 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.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 67 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 308 [Report No. 114–95] 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 A BILL To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep the Promise Act of 2015 . 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) In 2002, the voters in the State of Arizona approved Proposition 202, the Indian Gaming Preservation 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 metropolitan area. (3) This Act preserves the agreement made between the tribes and the Arizona voters until the expiration of the gaming compacts authorized by Proposition 202. 3. Definitions For the purposes of this Act— (1) the terms Indian tribe , class II gaming , 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 (2) the term Phoenix metropolitan area means land within Maricopa County and Pinal County, Arizona, that is north of latitude 33 degrees, 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. 4. Gaming clarification (a) Prohibition Class II gaming and class III gaming are prohibited on land within the Phoenix metropolitan 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.

April 29, 2015 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed