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Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

S. 2564 · Senate bill Native Americans

A Democratic bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act aims to ensure all federally recognized Tribes eligible for gaming are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe have overlapping regulatory language governing their gaming activities. This bill seeks to eliminate that redundancy. It amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to ensure the full applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to these Tribes. This change will result in these Tribes being regulated in the same form and manner as all other Indian Tribes in the United States.

Yes· 3 of 5

  • Scored +3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill subjects specific Tribal gaming activities to the full applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

  • Scored +2

    Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated?

    The bill brings the regulatory status of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribe in line with all other federally recognized Tribes.

  • Scored +1

    Is this likely to create jobs?

    The bill aims to promote Tribal economic development and self-sufficiency through regulatory consistency.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Would Native Americans be better off under this?

    The bill removes specific statutory provisions that previously allowed these Tribes to offer certain gaming activities without regard to Texas regulations.