[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18631]


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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 Amendments taking effect 
between the State of Wisconsin and the Lac Courte Oreilles Bank of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians, the Oneida Tribe of Indians, the Menominee 
Indian Tribe, and the Bad River Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

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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 Amendment to the Gaming Compact of 1991 
between the Lac Courte Oreilles Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians 
and the State of Wisconsin executed on April 29, 2003; the Amendment to 
the Gaming Compact of 1991 between the Bad River Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians and the State of Wisconsin executed on April 25, 2003; 
the Amendment to the Gaming Compact of 1991 between the Oneida Tribe of 
Indians and the State of Wisconsin executed on April 28, 2003; and the 
Amendment to the Gaming Compact of 1992 between the Menominee Indian 
Tribe and the State of Wisconsin executed on April 29, 2003, are 
considered approved. By the terms of IGRA, the Amendments to the 
Compacts are considered approved, but only to the extent that the 
Amendments are consistent with the provisions of IGRA.
    The Amendments expand the scope of gaming activities authorized 
under the Compact, remove limitations on wager limits, remove 
limitations on the number of permitted gaming devices, extend the term 
of the compact to an indefinite term, subject to re-opener clauses, 
institute an entirely new dispute resolution provision, replace the 
sovereign immunity provision, and modify the revenue-sharing provision 
of the Compact.

EFFECTIVE DATES: July 22, 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: July 10, 2003.
Woodrow W. Hopper, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (Management).
[FR Doc. 03-18631 Filed 7-21-03; 8:45 am]
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