This bill would change the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act. It adds a rule that says the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) fully applies to gaming on lands of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe. It also removes two sections (section 107 and section 207) from that Restoration Act. The bill says the change is meant to remove overlapping or redundant regulatory language and put those two tribes under the same IGRA rules as other tribes.
If this becomes law, gaming activities on the lands of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe would be governed under IGRA in the same way as gaming for most other federally recognized tribes. The bill clarifies which federal gaming law applies; it does not itself list specific games or new permissions.
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The bill's findings say IGRA has supported tribal economic development and that a recent Supreme Court decision left overlapping regulatory language for these two Texas tribes. Supporters say this change removes redundant language and ensures those tribes are regulated "in the same form and manner" as other tribes under IGRA.
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