AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
SUMMARY:
The State of California and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation entered into a Tribal-State compact governing Class III gaming. This notice announces that the compact is taking effect.
DATES:
The effective date of the compact is October 31, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) requires the Secretary of the Interior to publish in the
Federal Register
notice of approved Tribal-State compacts that are for the purpose of engaging in Class III gaming activities on Indian lands.
See
Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2701
et seq.
All Tribal-State Class III compacts, including amendments, are subject to review and approval by the Secretary under 25 CFR 293.4. The Secretary took no action on the compact within 45 days of its submission. Therefore, the compact is considered to have been approved, but only to the extent the compact is consistent with IGRA.
See25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).
Dated: October 21, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.