[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 92 (Friday, June 10, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3811]
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  SA 4678. Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Heller) 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. REPORT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Class iii gaming.--The term ``class III gaming'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Gaming 
     Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703).
       (2) Exclusivity clause.--The term ``exclusivity clause'' 
     means a provision that requires a Tribe to pay to a State a 
     percentage of gross gaming revenue only if the State does not 
     change the law of the State to permit commercial gaming 
     activity by any other person.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 120 calendar days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives a report on--
       (1) the number of Tribal-State compacts, and amendments to 
     such compacts, that contain exclusivity clauses that may be 
     impacted by a determination of the Secretary of the Interior 
     to approve a compact or compact amendment that could have the 
     effect of advancing commercial gaming activity on non-Indian 
     land where such activity is owned or operated, directly or 
     indirectly, by 1 or more Indian tribe; and
       (2) the extent to which gaming regulations and laws in 
     States where class III gaming occurs on Indian land pursuant 
     to a Tribal-State compact, approved under the Indian Gaming 
     Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), meets or exceeds 
     standards established in that Act or regulations issued by 
     the National Indian Gaming Commission.
       (c) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
     consult with Indian tribes, State governments, and commercial 
     gaming enterprises before issuing the report required under 
     subsection (b).

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