H.R. 3723

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3723 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3723

To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming 
in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2025

Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Ms. Escobar, and Mr. Babin) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources

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A BILL

To ensure all federally recognized Tribes that are eligible for gaming 
in the United States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled in California v. 
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians that if California regulated, 
rather than prohibited, gaming in the State, then an Indian 
Tribe could offer similar forms of gaming on its land.
(2) In response to the Cabazon decision, the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (Public Law 100-497) was enacted, which has 
since supported and promoted Tribal economic development and 
self-sufficiency and continues to provide a regulatory 
structure for gaming on Tribal lands.
(3) Over 200 Indian Tribes in 28 States are currently 
regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
(4) On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that the 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of 
Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100-89; 101 Stat. 666) allows 
the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to 
offer, on Tribal lands, gaming activities that are not fully 
prohibited by Texas law and without regard to any Texas 
regulations over such gaming activities.
(5) As a result of the Supreme Court decision, the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe are the only two 
Indian Tribes in the United States that have overlapping 
regulatory language governing their gaming activities (Public 
Law 497 and Public Law 100-89; 101 Stat. 666).
(6) This Act will eliminate any redundant regulatory 
language and ensure the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe are regulated in the same form and manner as 
all other gaming by Indian Tribes in the United States.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.

The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes 
of Texas Restoration Act (Public Law 100-89; 101 Stat. 666 et seq.) is 
amended--
(1) by inserting after section 2, the following:

``SEC. 3 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

``This Act shall be construed to ensure the full applicability of 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) to gaming 
activities on Indian lands of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Indian 
lands of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe.'';
(2) by striking section 107; and
(3) by striking section 207.
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