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[CITE: 25USC2701]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                  CHAPTER 29--INDIAN GAMING REGULATION
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 100-497, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 100-497 provided: ``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'.''
