To amend the Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012 to remove the restriction on class II gaming on certain land in California.

Bill: 116-hr-8209
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2020-09-11
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California

Federal-Indian relations

Gambling

Indian lands and resources rights
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill allows Class II gaming (i.e., bingo and related games) on the approximately 39.36 acres of federal land in Mono County, California, that is held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8209 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2020 Mr. Cook introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012 to remove the restriction on class II gaming on certain land in California.

1. Removal of Class II gaming restriction Section 2(d) of the Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–212 ) is amended— (1) by striking class II gaming or ; and (2) by striking those terms are and inserting that term is .