[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 125 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 38919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13886]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts Taking
Effect in the State of Oklahoma
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On April 23, 2020, the Comanche Nation and the Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, respectively, submitted compacts with the State of
Oklahoma governing certain forms of Class III gaming. This notice
announces that the Comanche Nation and State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact
and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact are
taking effect.
DATES: The compacts take effect June 29, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, [email protected], (202)
219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 11 of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., 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. As required by 25 CFR 293.4, all
compacts are subject to review and approval by the Secretary. The
Secretary took no action on the Comanche Nation and State of Oklahoma
Gaming Compact and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and State of Oklahoma
Gaming Compact within 45 days of their submission. Therefore, the
Compacts are considered to have been approved, but only to the extent
they are consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-13886 Filed 6-26-20; 8:45 am]
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