Panel IThe hearing starts at 11am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. It will be broadcast online at http://resourcescommittee.house.gov
John Shagonaby, Treasurer
Match-E-Be-Nash-E-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe Donald Arnold
Chairman, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Jacquie Davis-Van Huss
Secretary, North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California Lorraine White, Chief, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Panel II
Michigan State Representative Fulton Sheen, Representing 23 is Enough! Illinois Representative JoAnn D. Osmond Steven Worthley, Tulare County Member, Indian Gaming Working Group, California State Association of Counties Randy King, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Shinnecock Indian Nation
Legislation
Witness list: House hearing on off-reservation gaming
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 More from this date
Witness list: House hearing on off-reservation gaming
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 More from this date
The House Resources Committee is holding a hearing this morning on H.R.4893, a bill to amend Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), makes it harder to acquire lands for off-reservation gaming. It eliminates the two-part determination process and blocks tribes with reservations from acquiring non-reservation lands for gaming.
For newly recognized, restored, or landless tribes, the bill requires them to demonstrate "geographic, social, historical, and temporal" ties to the lands they seek. The state governor and legislature must concur with the proposal and the tribe must pay for a local referendum.
The bill adds an entirely new section to IGRA that allows one tribe to lease its land to another tribe for gaming. This was written with two southern California tribes in mind.
The witness list for the hearing follows:
Join the Conversation
Stay Connected
Contact Us
indianz@indianz.com202 630 8439 (THEZ)
Search
Top Indian Gaming Stories
Trending in Gaming
1 Catawba Nation continues work on controversial casino in North Carolina
2 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes move forward with casino expansion
3 Poarch Band of Creek Indians said to be on Trump's radar
4 Hopi Tribe officially joins Indian gaming industry with approved compact
5 Seminole Tribe paid just $50M for casino Donald Trump built for $1.2B
2 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes move forward with casino expansion
3 Poarch Band of Creek Indians said to be on Trump's radar
4 Hopi Tribe officially joins Indian gaming industry with approved compact
5 Seminole Tribe paid just $50M for casino Donald Trump built for $1.2B
More Stories
Michigan tribe seeks approval to move casino Opinion: Slot machine debate in Massachusetts
Indian Gaming Archive