[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16824]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Gaming Compact Amendment taking effect 
between the Ho-Chunk Nation and the State of Wisconsin.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall publish, in the Federal Register, notice of the approved 
Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands. The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the Second Amendment to the Gaming Compact of 
1992 between the Ho-Chunk Nation and the State of Wisconsin executed on 
April 25, 2003 are considered approved. By the terms of IGRA, the 
Second Amendment to the Compacts are considered approved, but only to 
the extent that the Second Amendments are consistent with the 
provisions of IGRA.
    The Second Amendment expands the scope of gaming activities 
authorized under the Compact, removes limitations on wager limits, 
removes limitations on the number of permitted gaming devices, extends 
the terms of the compact to an indefinite term, subject to re-opener 
clauses, institutes an entirely new dispute resolution provision, 
replaces the sovereign immunity provision, and modifies the revenue-
sharing provision of the Compact.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 
20240, (202) 219-4066.

    Dated: June 19, 2003.
Woodrow W. Hooper, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
[FR Doc. 03-16824 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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