[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2562 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2562

  To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit casino expansion.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2007

   Mr. Dent 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 limit casino expansion.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON INDIAN LAND ELIGIBLE FOR GAMING.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Limitation of 
Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007''.
    (b) Repeal of Certain Exceptions.--Section 20(b)(1) of the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a period; and
            (3) by striking ``Subsection (a) of this section'' and all 
        that follows through ``(A) the Secretary'' and inserting 
        ``Subsection (a) of this section will not apply when the 
        Secretary''.
    (c) Approval of State Legislature.--Section 20(b)(1)(A) of the 
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``only if the Governor'' and inserting ``only if the Governor 
and the legislature''.
    (d) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Such amendments shall 
not apply to lands regulated, on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
by a valid Tribal-State compact that was entered into under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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