[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 58049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22803]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Tribal-State 
Compact Amendment Between the Catawba Nation and the State of North 
Carolina

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice publishes the approval by operation of law of the 
Agreement to Amend Tribal-State Compact between the Catawba Indian 
Nation and the State of North Carolina governing the operation and 
regulation of class III gaming activities.

DATES: The amendment takes effect on December 15, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Troy M. Woodward, Acting Director, 
Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs, 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 (Secretary) 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. The Amendment removes a restriction in the 
Compact which requires the Catawba Indian Nation to use a particular 
gaming testing company for the testing of gaming machines as defined in 
the Compact. The Secretary took no action on the Agreement to Amend 
Tribal-State Compact between the Catawba Indian Nation and the State of 
North Carolina governing the operation and regulation of class III 
gaming activities. Therefore, the 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).

William Henry Kirkland, III,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-22803 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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