[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51299-51300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21805]


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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 Between the State of 
Arizona and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988

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(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--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the Tribal-State Compact for Class III gaming 
between the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the State of Arizona is 
considered approved. By the terms of IGRA, the Compact is considered 
approved, but only to the extent the compact is consistent with the 
provisions of IGRA.
    This Compact expands the scope of gaming activities authorized 
under the Compact, increases wager limits, increases the number of 
permitted gaming devices, and allows the tribe to enter into gaming 
device transfer agreements with one or more gaming tribes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 26, 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: August 18, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-21805 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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