Notice2025-04735
Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Amendment Between the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana
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Published
March 20, 2025
Effective
March 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentIndian Affairs Bureau
Abstract
This notice announces the approval by operation of law of an amendment to the Tribal-State compact for the conduct of class III gaming between the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities. The amendment extends the term of the compact for 7 years after the amendment goes into effect and increases the dollar amount threshold for Tribal licensing and State certification of vendors providing goods and services to the Tribe's gaming facilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 53 (Thursday, March 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13192-13193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04735]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law Tribal-State Class
III Gaming Compact Amendment Between the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
and the State of Louisiana
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the approval by operation of law of an
amendment to the Tribal-State compact for the conduct of class III
gaming between the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and the State of
Louisiana governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming
activities. The amendment extends the term of the compact for 7 years
after the amendment goes into effect and increases the dollar amount
threshold for Tribal licensing and State certification of vendors
providing goods
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and services to the Tribe's gaming facilities.
DATES: The amendment takes effect on March 20, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC 20240, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a43646e636b644d6b6763646d4a68636b246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="521b3c363b333c15333f3b3c3512303b337c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>; (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 the
Tribal-State compact governing the conduct of class III gaming activity
on the Tribe's Indian lands. See 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 the Tribal-State compact is considered to have been
approved by the Secretary, but only to the extent the compact is
consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(D). The IGRA also
requires the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register of
the approved Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of engaging in class
III gaming activities on Indian lands. See 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 amendment to the Tribal-State
compact for the conduct of class III gaming between the Chitimacha
Tribe of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana within the 45-day
statutory review period. 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).
Bryan Mercier,
Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Exercising by Delegation the
Authority of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-04735 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4337-15-P
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