[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1654 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1654

To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary 
of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly 
acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian 
  tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such 
     lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general 
                  prohibition on gaming on such lands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2007

  Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary 
of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly 
acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian 
  tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such 
     lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general 
                  prohibition on gaming on such lands.

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

SECTION 1. BEST INTERESTS OF INDIAN TRIBES AND IMPACT ON COMMUNITY 
              CONSIDERED.

    Section 20(b)(1)(B) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
2719(b)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting before ``lands are taken into 
trust'' the following: ``the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Indian tribe and appropriate State and local officials, including 
officials of other nearby Indian tribes, determines that a gaming 
establishment on the newly acquired lands would be in the best interest 
of the Indian tribe and its members, and would not be detrimental to 
the surrounding community and those newly acquired''.
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