[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 36609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13062]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact Taking
Effect in the State of Oklahoma
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Model Tribal Gaming Compact
between the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and
the State of Oklahoma (Compact), and the Extension of State-Tribal
Gaming Compact between the State Of Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (Extension), are taking effect.
DATES: The Compact and Extension take effect on June 17, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and
Economic Development, 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 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 are subject to review and approval by the Secretary. The
Secretary took no action on the Model Tribal Gaming Compact between the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma and the State of
Oklahoma, or the Extension of State-Tribal Gaming Compact between the
State of Oklahoma and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma within 45 days of their submission. Therefore, the Compact and
the Extension are considered to have been approved, but only to the
extent they are consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020-13062 Filed 6-16-20; 8:45 am]
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