Indian Gaming

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identifier: "/us/fr/2015-27088"
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title: "Indian Gaming"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2015-27088"
section_name: "Indian Gaming"
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currency: "2015-10-23"
last_updated: "2015-10-23"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Interior Department"
document_number: "2015-27088"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2015-10-23"
agencies:
  - "Interior Department"
  - "Indian Affairs Bureau"
fr_citation: "80 FR 64442"
fr_volume: 80
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effective_date: "2015-10-23"
fr_action: "Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect."
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#  Indian Gaming

**AGENCY:**

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

**ACTION:**

Notice of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact taking effect.

**SUMMARY:**

Notice is hereby given that the Indian Gaming Compact between the State of New Mexico and the Pueblo of Laguna governing Class III gaming (Compact) is taking effect.

**DATES:**

*Effective date:* October 23, 2015.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Ms. Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian Gaming, Office of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240, (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 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. *See* 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C).

Dated: October 16, 2015.

Kevin K. Washburn,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.