[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10388-S10389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1999

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                BUMPERS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3591

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself, Mr. Feingold, and Ms. Landrieu) proposed

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an amendment to the bill (S. 2237) making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike line 19 on page 55 through line 6 on page 58.
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                  ENZI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3592

  Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
Ashcroft, Mr. Grams, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Bryan, and Mr. Reid) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2237, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . PROHIBITION.

       (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to 
     October 1, 1999, the Secretary of the Interior shall not--
       (1) promulgate as final regulations, or in any way 
     implement, the proposed regulations published on January 22, 
     1998, at 63 Fed. Reg. 3289; or
       (2) issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for, or 
     promulgate, or in any way implement, any similar regulations 
     to provide for procedures for gaming activities under the 
     Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in any 
     case in which a State asserts a defense of sovereign immunity 
     to a lawsuit brought by an Indian tribe in a Federal court 
     under section 11(d)(7) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)) to 
     compel the State to participate in compact negotiations for 
     class III gaming (as that term is defined in section 4(8) of 
     that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(8))).
       (b) Class III Gaming Compacts.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Prohibition on approving compacts.--Prior to October 1, 
     1999, the Secretary may not expend any funds made available 
     under this Act, or any other Act hereinafter enacted, to 
     prescribe procedures for class III gaming, or approve class 
     III gaming on Indian lands by any means other than a Tribal-
     State compact entered into between a state and a tribe, on or 
     after the enactment of this Act.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may be 
     construed to prohibit the review or approval by the Secretary 
     of a renewal or revision of, or amendment to a Tribal-State 
     compact that is not covered under subparagraph (A).
       (2) No automatic approval.--Prior to October 1, 1999, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Tribal-State 
     compact for class III gaming, other than one entered into 
     between a state and a tribe, shall be considered to have been 
     approved by the Secretary by reason of the failure of the 
     Secretary to approve or disapprove that compact.
       (c) Definitions.--The terms ``class III gaming'', 
     ``Secretary'', ``Indian lands'', and ``Tribal-State compact'' 
     shall have the same meaning for the purposes of this section 
     as those terms have under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
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                      ASHCROFT AMENDMENT NO. 3593

  Mr. ASHCROFT proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2237, supra; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 109, strike line 21 and all that follows 
     through line 18 on page 110 and insert the following:
       ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     amount available under the heading `National Park Service, 
     Operation of the National Park Service' under title I shall 
     be $1,325,903,000.''.

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