[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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