[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 52 (Monday, March 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 12813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4905]


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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 Amendment.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes an approval of the amendment to the 
Tribal-State Compact for regulation of Class III gaming between the 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the State of 
Oregon.

DATES: Effective Date: March 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, 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. This amendment expands the 
distribution of the funds in the Fund Administration to the tribes' 
political subdivisions and clarifies that local government bodies 
includes school districts and individual schools.

    Dated: March 7, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-4905 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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