[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 55472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19707]


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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 July 1, 2020, the Kialegee Tribal Town, and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, respectively, submitted 
compacts with the State of Oklahoma governing certain forms of Class 
III gaming. This notice announces that the Kialegee Tribal Town and 
State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact and the United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians and State of Oklahoma Gaming Compact are taking 
effect.

DATES: The compacts take effect September 8, 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 Kialegee Tribal Town and State of 
Oklahoma Gaming Compact and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians 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. 2020-19707 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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