[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2617-2618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1023]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Class III Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval of the Class III Gaming 
Compact between the State of New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. Under 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, the Secretary of the Interior 
is required to publish notice in the Federal Register approved Tribal-
State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 
activities on Indian lands.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 16, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Policy and Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA) Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. Sec.  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, has approved the Tribal-State Compact between the Navajo 
Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, and the State of New 
Mexico. This Compact is identical in substance to the 2001 New Mexico 
Compacts that were approved by the New Mexico Legislature by joint 
resolution on March 12, 2001. The Nation shall pay to the State an 
amount equal to 8 percent of the Net Win in return for which the State 
agrees that the Nation has the exclusive right within the State to 
conduct all types of Class III gaming, with the sole exception of the 
use of Gaming Machines permitted for racetracks and for veterans and 
fraternal organizations.

    Dated: January 2, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-1023 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
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