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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1536
To ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that are eligible for
gaming in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 10, 2023
Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. SMITH, and Mr. LUJA´N) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Indian Affairs
A BILL
To ensure that all federally recognized Indian Tribes that
are eligible for gaming in the United States are regulated
under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Gaming Regu-
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latory Compliance Act’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds that—
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(1) in 1987, the Supreme Court of the United
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States ruled in California v. Cabazon Band of Mis-
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sion Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), that, if Cali-
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fornia regulated rather than prohibited gaming in
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the State, an Indian Tribe could offer similar forms
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of gaming on Tribal land;
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(2) in response to California v. Cabazon Band
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of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), Congress
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enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25
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U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), which has since supported and
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promoted Tribal economic development, and self-suf-
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ficiency and provides a regulatory structure for gam-
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ing on Tribal land;
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(3) as of 2023, more than 200 Indian Tribes in
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28 States are regulated under that Act;
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(4) on June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of
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the United States ruled that the Ysleta del Sur
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Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of
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Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100–89; 101
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Stat. 666) allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the
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Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to offer gaming activities
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on Tribal land that are not fully prohibited by Texas
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law and without regard to any State regulations over
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the gaming activities; and
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(5) as of 2023, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and
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the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes are the only Indian
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Tribes in the United States that are eligible to game
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on Tribal land but not regulated under the Indian
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Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
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SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION AND GAMING ACTIVITIES.
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(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Ysleta del Sur
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Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of
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Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100–89; 101 Stat.
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666) is amended by inserting after section 2 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
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‘‘Nothing in this Act precludes or limits the applica-
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bility of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
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2701 et seq.).’’.
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(b) GAMING ACTIVITIES.—Sections 107 and 207 of
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the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta
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Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100–
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89; 101 Stat. 668, 672) are repealed.
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