[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: 03-16826]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal-State Compacts.

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SUMMARY: Under 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 approved 
Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands. The Assistant Secretary b Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, has 
approved the Tribal-State Compacts between the Colorado River Indian 
Tribes and the State of Arizona and between the Zuni Tribe and the 
State of Arizona. These Compacts expand the scope of gaming activities 
authorized under the Compacts, increases wager limits, increases the 
number of permitted gaming devices, and allows the tribes to enter into 
gaming device transfer agreements with one or more gaming tribes.

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 18, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-16826 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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