25 CFR § 290.20 - When will the ABO disapprove a tribal revenue allocation plan?

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title: "25 CFR § 290.20 - When will the ABO disapprove a tribal revenue allocation plan?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "290.20"
section_name: "When will the ABO disapprove a tribal revenue allocation plan?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES"
part_number: "290"
part_name: "TRIBAL REVENUE ALLOCATION PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 2710."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 14467, Mar. 17, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "290"
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# 290.20 When will the ABO disapprove a tribal revenue allocation plan?

The ABO will not approve any tribal revenue allocation plan for distribution of net gaming revenues from a tribal gaming activity if:

(a) The tribal revenue allocation plan is inadequate, particularly with respect to the requirements in § 290.12 and IGRA, and you fail to bring it into compliance;

(b) The tribal revenue allocation plan is not adopted in accordance with applicable tribal law;

(c) The tribal revenue allocation plan does not include a reasonable justification for limiting per capita payments to certain groups of members; or

(d) The tribal revenue allocation plan violates the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, any other provision of Federal law, or the United States' trust obligations.