[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55686-55687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19928]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact 
Amendment in the State of Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and 
the State of Oregon amended their compact governing certain forms of 
class III gaming; this notice announces Secretarial approval of the 
Amendment to the Amended Tribal-State Compact for Regulation of Class 
III Gaming between the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 
Reservation and the State of Oregon-Amendment II.

DATES: The compact amendment takes effect on September 9, 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, (202) 219-4066, 
[email protected].

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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 IGRA and 25 CFR 
293.4, all compacts and amendments are subject to review and approval 
by the Secretary. The compact amendment authorizes the Tribe to waive 
the required payment to the Community Benefit Fund for the year 2020.

Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-19928 Filed 9-8-20; 8:45 am]
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