[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 125 (Friday, July 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35328-35329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14217]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of Tribal-State Class 
III Gaming Compact in the State of Indiana

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval by operation law of the 
compact between the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Tribe) and the 
State of Indiana (State) providing for the conduct of Tribal class III 
gaming by the Tribe.

DATES: The compacts take effect on July 2, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Mailstop 3543, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, 
telephone (202) 219-4066, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 25 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., (IGRA) provides the Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) with 45 days to review and approve or disapprove a Tribal-
State compact governing the conduct of class III gaming activity on the 
Tribe's Indian lands. 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8). If the Secretary does not 
approve or disapprove a Tribal-State compact within the 45 days, IGRA 
provides that the Tribal-State compact is considered to have been 
approved by the Secretary but only to the extent the compact is 
consistent with IGRA. 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). The IGRA also requires 
the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the Federal Register notice 
of approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in Class 
III gaming activities on Indian lands. 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8(D). The 
Department's regulations at 25 CFR 293.4, require all compacts and 
amendments to be reviewed and approved by the Secretary prior to taking 
effect. The Secretary took no action on the Compact between the Pokagon 
Band of Potawatomi Indians

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and the State of Indiana. 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).

Bryan Newland,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-14217 Filed 7-1-21; 8:45 am]
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