3.0.0 2676 2022-02-03T05:08:34Z 2022-02-03T05:08:34Z Senate S S 2008-02-28 110 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2008-02-28T17:44:34Z 2008-02-28 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Native Americans Administrative fees Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Gambling Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Housing and Community Development Indian economic development Indian lands Labor and Employment Land use Law Minorities Personnel records Public Lands and Natural Resources Sports and Recreation Native Americans 00 2008-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-29T20:59:06Z Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise requirements for the exemption of Indian land from gaming prohibitions.

Requires: (1) the governor and the legislative body of the state in which a gaming activity is proposed to concur with the Secretary of the Interior's determination that the activity would be in the best interest of the tribe and not have a negative impact; and (2) the land to be land within a state in which the tribe is primarily located and land on which the primary geographic, social, and historical nexus is located.

Adds as conditions for class II or class III gaming that it be conducted on: (1) lands that were Indian lands before enactment of this Act; or (2) land taken into trust for an Indian tribe after enactment, but only if the application requesting that the land be taken into trust stated the tribe's intent to conduct such gaming activities on the land.

Authorizes the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission to: (1) approve the involvement in a gaming activity of any one of the ten persons or entities that have the highest financial interest in the activity; (2) investigate gaming activities and conduct background investigations of such persons or entities; and (3) audit and inspect class III gaming on Indian lands. Requires tribal ordinances to provide the Commission will conduct background investigations on tribal gaming commissioners, key tribal gaming employees, primary management officials, and key employees of the gaming enterprise.

Revises the cap on the total fees to be paid to the Commission during any fiscal year by gaming operations conducting regulated class II and III gaming activities.

Requires Indian tribes, before using lands for class II or III gaming, to: (1) submit to the Secretary an environmental impact statement; and (2) obtain the Secretary's consent with respect to the change in use of the lands.

]]> Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 Display Title Common Sense Indian Gambling Reform Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make technical corrections to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2676is/xml/BILLS-110s2676is.xml 2008-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 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.