§ 2701. Findings

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1988

   Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

   Pub. L. 100–497 § 2 · 102 Stat. 2467

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2701

   (Pub. L. 100–497, § 2, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 100–497, § 2, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. 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 2103 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81) 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.

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