Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

Bill: 118-s-1536
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-05-10
Policy area: Native Americans
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance 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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1536 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 10, 2023 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Tester , Ms. Smith , and Mr. Luján ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) in 1987, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), that, if California regulated rather than prohibited gaming in the State, an Indian Tribe could offer similar forms of gaming on Tribal land; (2) in response to California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), Congress enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ), which has since supported and promoted Tribal economic development, and self-sufficiency and provides a regulatory structure for gaming on Tribal land; (3) as of 2023, more than 200 Indian Tribes in 28 States are regulated under that Act; (4) on June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 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 gaming activities on Tribal land that are not fully prohibited by Texas law and without regard to any State regulations over the gaming activities; and (5) as of 2023, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes are the only Indian Tribes in the United States that are eligible to game on Tribal land but not regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ). 3. Rule of construction and gaming activities (a) 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 inserting after section 2 the following: 3. 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. ). . (b) Gaming Activities Sections 107 and 207 of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act ( Public Law 100–89 ; 101 Stat. 668, 672) are repealed.