[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 40646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15194]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension to Class III Gaming Compact.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the extension to an approved Class III 
Gaming Compact between the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Reservation and the State of Montana. 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: July 6, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation and 
the State of Montana have agreed to an extension of the existing 
agreement and will extend the compact until July 1, 2005. The Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
through her delegated authority, is publishing notice that the 
Extension of Agreement for Class III gaming between the Assiniboine and 
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation and the State of Montana is 
in effect.

    Dated: June 22, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-15194 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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