I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4033 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2012 Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide for community approval before Indian class III gaming operations may take effect.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Giving Local Communities a Voice in Tribal Gaming Act.

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Community approval of tribal-state compacts

Section 11(d) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10)(A)No Class III gaming activities may commence, irrespective of an approved Tribal-State Compact, unless the elected governing body and elected executive officials of each county, city, or other general purpose political subdivision in which a class III gaming activity under the Tribal-State Compact is to occur have approved the Class III gaming facility. (B)The manner in which a Class III gaming facility is approved under subparagraph (A) shall be determined by each political subdivision. (C)Each political subdivision shall have 120 days after the date that a Tribal-State Compact is approved by the Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and National Indian Gaming Commission or the site of a class III gaming facility is identified, whichever comes later, to raise objection. (D)For the purposes of subparagraph (A), a Tribal-State Compact includes a compact approved under paragraph (8) or consented to under paragraph (7)(B)(vi), and the procedures for a class III gaming activity prescribed under paragraph (7)(B)(vii). .

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Effective date

The amendments made by this Act shall apply to any Tribal-State compact that has not been entered into under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act before January 1, 2011.