[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Gaming Compact Amendments to the 
Sokaogon Chippewa Community and the State of Wisconsin Gaming compact 
of 1991, as amended February 20, 1998 Taking Effect.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988 (IGRA), Public Law 100-497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, 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. The Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, through her delegated authority, is 
publishing notice that the 2003 Amendments to the Sokaogon Chippewa 
Community and the State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991, as Amended 
February 20, 1998 executed on April 25, 2003 are considered approved. 
By the terms of IGRA, the 2003 Amendments to the Compact are considered 
approved, but only to the extent the 2003 Amendments are consistent 
with the provisions of IGRA.
    The 2003 Amendments expand the scope of gaming activities 
authorized under the Compact, remove limitations on wager limits, 
remove limitations on the number of permitted gaming devices, extend 
the term of the compact to an indefinite term, subject to re-opener 
clauses, institute an entirely new dispute resolution provision, 
replaces the sovereign immunity provision, and modify the revenue-
sharing provision of the Compact.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 
Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 
20240, (202) 219-4066.

    Dated: June 18, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-16825 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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