25 CFR § 522.4 - Amendment approvals and disapprovals.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s522.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 522.4 - Amendment approvals and disapprovals."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "522.4"
section_name: "Amendment approvals and disapprovals."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "APPROVAL OF CLASS II AND CLASS III ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS"
part_number: "522"
part_name: "SUBMISSION OF GAMING ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2706, 2710, 2712."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 57593, Sept. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "522"
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# 522.4 Amendment approvals and disapprovals.
(a) No later than 90 days after the submission of any amendment to a class II ordinance or resolution the Chair shall approve the amendment if the Chair finds that:
(1) A tribe meets the amendment submission requirements of § 522.3(b); and
(2) The amendment complies with § 522.5(b).
(b) No later than 90 days after a tribe submits any amendment to a class II ordinance for approval, the Chair may disapprove the amendment if the Chair determines—
(1) A tribe failed to comply with the amendment submission requirements of § 522.3; or
(2) The amendment does not comply with § 522.5(b).
(c) No later than 90 days after the submission of any amendment to a class III ordinance or resolution, the Chair shall approve the amendment if the Chair finds that—
(1) A tribe meets the amendment submission requirements of § 522.3(b); and
(2) The amendment complies with § 522.7(b) and (c).
(d) No later than 90 days after a tribe submits any amendment to a class III ordinance for approval, the Chair may disapprove the amendment if the Chair determines that—
(1) A tribal governing body did not adopt the amendment in compliance with the governing documents of the tribe;
(2) The amendment does not comply with § 522.7(b) and (c); or
(3) A tribal governing body was significantly and unduly influenced in the adoption of the amendment by a person having a direct or indirect financial interest in a management contract, a person having management responsibility for a management contract, or their agents.
(e) The Chair shall notify a tribe of its right to appeal a disapproval under part 582 of this chapter. A disapproval shall be effective immediately unless appealed under part 582 of this chapter.