[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 239 (Friday, December 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80139-80140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27219]


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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 
Taking Effect in the State of Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Skokomish Indian Tribe (Tribe) and the State of Washington 
(State) submitted the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact for 
Class III Gaming between the Skokomish Indian Tribe and the State of 
Washington (Compact) governing certain forms of Class III gaming. This 
notice announces that the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact 
for Class III Gaming between the Skokomish Indian Tribe and the State 
of Washington is taking effect.

DATES: The compact takes effect on December 11, 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.

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 and amendments are subject to review and approval by the 
Secretary. On September 22, 2020, the Tribe and the State submitted the 
Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact for Class III Gaming 
between the Skokomish Indian Tribe and the State of Washington. The 
Secretary took no action on the Fifth Amendment to the Tribal-State 
Compact for Class III Gaming between the Skokomish Indian Tribe and the 
State of Washington within 45 days of its submission. Therefore, the 
Compact is considered to have been approved, but only to the extent it 
is consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-27219 Filed 12-10-20; 8:45 am]
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