[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3659]
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  SA 4586. Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. COMMERCIAL GAMING NOT LOCATED ON INDIAN LAND.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendment made by 
     subsection (b) is to ensure that the rights, processes, and 
     provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
     2701 et seq.) are used exclusively to provide for the 
     regulation of noncommercial gaming by Indian tribes on Indian 
     lands (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
       (b) Commercial Gaming.--Section 11(d)(8) of the Indian 
     Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
     subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
     shall disapprove a compact, or an amendment to a compact, 
     described in subparagraph (A) if the compact or amendment 
     authorizes, approves, or aids, directly or indirectly, in the 
     authorization or approval of a commercial gaming activity--
       ``(I) not located on Indian lands; and
       ``(II) that is or would be owned or operated, directly or 
     indirectly, by 1 or more Indian tribes.
       ``(ii) A compact or an amendment to a compact disapproved 
     under clause (i) shall not take effect.''.
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