[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 50210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18491]



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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 extension to an approved Class III 
Gaming Compact between the Crow Tribe 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: August 13, 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 Crow Tribe and the State of Montana have agreed to an extension 
of the existing agreement and will extend the compact until July 5, 
2005. The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through his delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the Fifth Amendment to and Extension of the 
Agreement for Class III gaming between the Crow Tribe and the State of 
Montana is in effect.

    Dated: July 23, 2004.
Aurene M. Martin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 04-18491 Filed 8-12-04; 8:45 am]
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