[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 9800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03430]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Comanche Nation; Amendment to Liquor Control Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the amendment to the Comanche Indian 
Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance. The liquor control ordinance regulates 
and controls the possession, sale, manufacture, and distribution of 
alcohol on Comanche trust lands in conformity with the laws of the 
State of Oklahoma where applicable and necessary. Although the 
amendment was adopted on August 3, 2019, it does not become effective 
until published in the Federal Register.

DATES: This ordinance shall be applicable on March 23, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sherry Lovin, Tribal Government 
Officer, Southern Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Post Box 368, Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005, Telephone: (405) 247-1534 or 
(405) 247-6673, Fax: (405) 247-1534; or Ms. Laurel Iron Cloud, Chief, 
Division of Tribal Government Services, Office of Indian Services, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 
20240, Telephone: (202) 513-7641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1953, 
Public Law 83-277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 1161, as interpreted by the 
Supreme Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 (1983), the Secretary of 
the Interior shall certify and publish in the Federal Register notice 
of adopted liquor control ordinances for the purpose of regulating 
liquor transactions in Indian country. On April 7, 2001, the Comanche 
Business Committee duly adopted the Comanche Indian Tribe Liquor 
Control Ordinance. The Comanche Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance was 
published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2001 at 66 FR 54022. 
On May 17, 2018, the Comanche Business Committee duly adopted an 
amendment to the Comanche Indian Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance which 
became effective July 19, 2019. The Amendment to the Comanche Tribe 
Liquor Control Ordinance was published in the Federal Register on June 
19, 2019 at 84 FR 28580.
    This notice is published in accordance with the delegated authority 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs. I certify that the Comanche Nation Business Committee duly 
adopted the amendment to the Comanche Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance by 
Resolution 113-19 on August 3, 2019.

    Dated: February 4, 2020.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

    The Comanche Indian Tribe's Amended Liquor Control Ordinance shall 
read as follows:
    The Comanche Indian Tribe Liquor Control Ordinance, Article VI. 
Licensing and Application, Section (2), as amended, shall read as 
follows:
    (2) Application. Any person, eighteen (18) years of age and older, 
whether an enrolled member of the Comanche Tribe or another federally-
recognized tribe or whether a non-member, may apply to the Liquor 
Control Board for a license to serve liquor. Any person, twenty-one 
(21) years of age and older, whether an enrolled member of the Comanche 
Tribe or another federally-recognized tribe or whether a non-member, 
may apply to the Liquor Control Board for a license to sell liquor.
    Any person or entity applying for a license to sell or serve liquor 
within Comanche Indian Country must fill in the application provided 
for this purpose by the Comanche Indian Tribe and pay such application 
fee as may be set from time to time by the Business Committee. Said 
application must be filled out completely in order to be considered. A 
separate application and license will be required for each location 
where the applicant intends to serve liquor. No provision of this 
section shall be construed to permit any person under twenty-one (21) 
years of age to obtain a license to sell liquor.

[FR Doc. 2020-03430 Filed 2-19-20; 8:45 am]
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