Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-s-4196
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-05-12
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes to conduct gaming activities on their land in Texas if certain conditions are met.</p> <p>Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities on their land if those activities are prohibited by Texas law. The bill instead prohibits the act from precluding or limiting the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). Therefore, the bill effectively makes IGRA the controlling federal statute governing gaming activities on the tribes' land.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4196 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 12, 2022 Mr. Heinrich (for himself and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to restore an opportunity for Tribal economic development on terms that are equal and fair, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act . 2. Rule of construction The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act ( Public Law 100–89 ; 101 Stat. 666) is amended by adding at the end the following: III Rule of construction 301. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act precludes or limits the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ). .