[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22788]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Deemed Approved Technical Amendment between the State 
of Wisconsin and the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988 (IGRA), Pub. L. 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 Technical Amendment to the Class III gaming 
compact between the State of Wisconsin and the Forest County Potawatomi 
Community is considered approved. By the terms of IGRA, the Technical 
Amendment is considered approved, but only to the extent the compact is 
consistent with the provisions of IGRA. The Technical Amendment 
provides the following: application of the arbitration section to the 
payment section of the Compact; deletion of payment to the University 
of Wisconsin; provision that state law will apply for any reimbursement 
payments to the tribe; and waiver of all sovereign immunity with 
respect to the enforcement of any provision of this Compact.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 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 26, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-22788 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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