[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45909-45910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15139]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of Amendment to Class 
III Tribal-State Gaming Compact (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and 
State of Kansas)

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval by operation of law of an 
amendment to the Tribal-State Gaming Compact for Regulation of Class 
III Gaming between the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and State of 
Kansas (Compact) governing class III gaming for the Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Nation (Nation) in the State of Kansas (State).

DATES: The amendment takes effect on July 18, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 
Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.

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

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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 amendment between 
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the State of Kansas. Therefore, 
the Compact amendment 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,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-15139 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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