[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 54243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23578]



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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 St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin and the Red Cliff Chippewa Indians 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 approved 
Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, through her delegated 
authority, is publishing notice that the Amendment to the Tribal-State 
Compacts for Class III gaming between the State of Wisconsin and the 
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin and the Red Cliff Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin is deemed 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 DATE: September 16, 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: September 9, 2003.
Woodrow W. Hopper, Jr.,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-23578 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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