Indian Gaming Regulatory Act : Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Reviews provisions of P.L. 100-497, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), which establishes the jurisdictional framework for gaming on Indian lands. Discusses the geographic extent of IGRA gamin...

Reviews provisions of P.L. 100-497, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), which establishes the jurisdictional framework for gaming on Indian lands. Discusses the geographic extent of IGRA gaming, how tribal land is taken into trust by the Department of the Interior, the treatment of Indian lands acquired in trust after the enactment of IGRA, and proposed regulations and exceptions for gaming on after-acquired land.

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