[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1196]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved tribal-state class III gaming compact.

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SUMMARY: This Notice Publishes an Approval of the Economic Development 
Amendment for the Tribal-State Compact for the Regulation of Class III 
Gaming between the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe and the State of Louisiana.

DATES: Effective Date: January 31, 2006.

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), Pub. L. 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register notice 
of the Economic Development Amendment to the Tribal-State compacts for 
the purpose of engaging in class III gaming activities on Indian lands. 
This Economic Development Amendment provides for a grant of presumptive 
suitability for certain lenders solely in connection with and strictly 
limited to that certain offering of unsecured senior notes dated 
November 8, 2005. The Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, through his delegated 
authority, is publishing notice that the Economic Development Amendment 
to the Tribal-State compact between Tunica-Biloxi Tribe and the State 
of Louisiana is hereby approved and in effect.

    Dated: January 20, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E6-1196 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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