[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 5125 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5125

To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that the Secretary 
 of the Interior shall not approve a Tribal-State gaming compact under 
  that Act unless the State involved has a State law providing for a 
      gaming master plan that has been approved by the Secretary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2006

Mr. Costa (for himself and Mr. Cardoza) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that the Secretary 
 of the Interior shall not approve a Tribal-State gaming compact under 
  that Act unless the State involved has a State law providing for a 
      gaming master plan that has been approved by the Secretary.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATE GAMING MASTER PLAN.

    Section 11(d) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2710(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``entity, and'' and 
        inserting ``entity and has a State law providing for a gaming 
        master plan that has been approved by the Secretary, and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10)(A) The Secretary is authorized to approve a Tribal-
        State compact under this Act only if the State in which the 
        gaming activities subject to the compact will be conducted has 
        a State law providing for a gaming master plan that has been 
        approved by the Secretary.
            ``(B) The Secretary may approve a State gaming master plan 
        only if the plan contains, at a minimum, the following:
                    ``(i) A list of federally recognized Indian tribes 
                with Indian lands within the boundaries of the State 
                and the location of those Indian lands in reference to 
                the Indian Economic Opportunity Zone, if such a zone 
                has been established, and other land in that State on 
                which gaming activities regulated under this Act are 
                conducted.
                    ``(ii) A limit on the number of Tribal-State 
                compacts that the State may approve per year in the 10 
                years following submission of the plan to the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(iii) A limit on the number of slot machines that 
                will be allowed under the Tribal-State compacts that 
                the State may approve in the 10 years following 
                submission of the plan to the Secretary.
                    ``(iv) A description of the process that the State 
                used to consult with the Indian tribes listed pursuant 
                to clause (i) regarding the criteria set forth pursuant 
                to this subparagraph.
                    ``(v) A description of the process that the State 
                will use to determine civil and criminal jurisdiction 
                regarding gaming activities regulated under this Act.
                    ``(vi) A description of the cost-benefit analysis 
                that the State will use to determine the feasibility of 
                any Tribal-State compact proposed to be entered into 
                under this Act.
                    ``(vii) A description of the process that the State 
                used to allow interested parties to comment on the 
                plan.
                    ``(viii) A description of the process that the 
                State requires for final approval of any new or renewed 
                Tribal-State compact.
            ``(C) If the Secretary does not approve or disapprove a 
        State gaming master plan before the date that is 30 days after 
        the date on which the plan is submitted to the Secretary for 
        approval, the plan shall be considered to have been approved by 
        the Secretary.
            ``(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall restrict newly 
        recognized, restored, or landless federally recognized Indian 
        tribes from entering into Tribal-State compact negotiations in 
        accordance with this Act.
            ``(E) Nothing in this paragraph shall affect Tribal-State 
        compacts that are lawful, valid, and in effect on the date of 
        the enactment of this paragraph.''.
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