25 USC § 2701 - Findings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s2701"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 2701 - Findings"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "2701"
section_name: "Findings"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "INDIAN GAMING REGULATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–497, § 2, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467.)"
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# § 2701. Findings

The Congress finds that—

**(1)** numerous Indian tribes have become engaged in or have licensed gaming activities on Indian lands as a means of generating tribal governmental revenue;

**(2)** Federal courts have held that section 81 of this title requires Secretarial review of management contracts dealing with Indian gaming, but does not provide standards for approval of such contracts;

**(3)** existing Federal law does not provide clear standards or regulations for the conduct of gaming on Indian lands;

**(4)** a principal goal of Federal Indian policy is to promote tribal economic development, tribal self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government; and

**(5)** Indian tribes have the exclusive right to regulate gaming activity on Indian lands if the gaming activity is not specifically prohibited by Federal law and is conducted within a State which does not, as a matter of criminal law and public policy, prohibit such gaming activity.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–497, § 2, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “That this Act [enacting this chapter and sections 1166 to 1168 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure] may be cited as the ‘Indian Gaming Regulatory Act’.”

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