[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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