25 CFR § 291.9 - What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?

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title: "25 CFR § 291.9 - What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?"
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title_name: "Indians"
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section_name: "What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES"
part_number: "291"
part_name: "CLASS III GAMING PROCEDURES"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. sections 2,9 and 2710."
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# 291.9 What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?

Within 30 days of receiving the State's alternative proposal, the Secretary must appoint a mediator who:

(a) Has no official, financial, or personal conflict of interest with respect to the issues in controversy; and

(b) Must convene a process to resolve differences between the two proposals.