3.0.0 2232 2023-01-15T11:03:07Z 2023-01-15T11:03:07Z Senate S S 2004-03-25 108 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2004-03-25T17:32:56Z 2004-03-25 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3182-3184) IntroReferral 2004-03-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3182) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE Y Native Americans Accounting Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Concessions Conflict of interests Consultants Crime and Law Enforcement Delegation of powers Department of the Interior Depositions Due process of law Economics and Public Finance Federal employees Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Gambling Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government ethics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Identification of criminals Injunctions Interest Law Licenses Minorities Performance measurement Salaries Sports and Recreation Subpoena Native Americans 00 2004-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-07T21:11:55Z Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to define a regulated person or entity to be a Indian tribe, a tribal operator of an Indian gaming operation, or any related management contractor or associated person, including certain concessionaires.

Revises procedures for filling vacancies on the National Indian Gaming Commission and the powers of the Chairman.

Directs the Commission to monitor, inspect, and access records of class III gaming. Authorizes it, in the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey any subpoena issued to, any person, to request the Attorney General to invoke the jurisdiction of any U.S. court to compel compliance.

Authorizes the Commission to accept gifts on its behalf, subject to specified prohibitions.

Requires the Commission to develop a nonbinding minimum five-year regulatory plan to carry out its activities.

Adjusts the salary of the General Counsel to the Commission and of other staff.

Requires Commission Chairman approval of any tribal gaming ordinance that provides for a system ensuring background investigations and continuing oversight of tribal gaming commissioners and key tribal gaming commission employees (as well as primary management officials and key employees of a class II gaming enterprise, as under current law).

Allows an Indian tribe to enter into a management contract for the operation and management of a class III gaming activity, subject to specified requirements currently applicable to class II gaming management contracts.

Revises the authority of the Chairman to levy and collect appropriate civil fines up to $25,000 per violation to specify up to $25,000 per violation, per day. Authorizes the Chairman to issue orders: (1) requiring accounting and disgorgement, including interest; and (2) of reprimand, censure, or the placement of limitations on gaming activities and functions of any regulated person or entity for violations of Federal law or Commission or tribal regulations or ordinances.

Requires the Commission to provide the regulated person or entity (currently, the tribal operator of an Indian game or a management contractor) with a written complaint if the Commission has reason to believe that such person or entity is engaged in specified activities.

Authorizes Federal court enforcement of Commission subpoenas.

Limits the schedule of fees to be paid to the Commission by each gaming operation that conducts a class II or class III gaming activity during any fiscal year to 0.080 percent of the gaming revenues.

]]> Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2004 Display Title Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 to revise the fee cap on National Indian Gaming Commission funding and make certain technical amendments. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-25T05:00:00Z 2004-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3182-3184) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.