Lorie Jaimes, the chairwoman of the Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians from California, testified against a proposed bill to limit off-reservation casinos.
Jaimes said the bill proposed by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California) would give local communities too much authority over tribal development.
She said it would negatively impact her tribe, whose federal recognition was restored after being terminated by Congress.
The tribe currently has no land in trust. As a restored tribe, the tribe is granted an exemption under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to open a casino on newly acquired lands but Pombo's bill would modify this provision.
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