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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 346
104TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session SENATE 104-241
AMENDING THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MARCH 14 (legislative day, MARCH 13), 1996.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MCCAIN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 487]
The Committee on Indian Affairs to which was referred the bill
(S. 487) the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments Act of
1995 having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill (as amended) do pass.
PURPOSES
The purpose of S. 487 is to ensure the rights of Indian tribal gov-
ernments to conduct gaming activities on Indian lands consistent
with the United States Supreme Court decision in California v.
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), to provide
a more comprehensive statutory basis for the conduct and regula-
tion of gaming activities on Indian lands, and to establish mini-
mum Federal standards for the conduct of gaming activities on In-
dian lands.
BACKGROUND
On March 2, 1995, Senators McCain and Inouye introduced S.
487, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act Amendments Act of 1995.
Senator Campbell joined as a co-sponsor of the legislation on Au-
gust 1, 1995. During the previous three years, Senators McCain
and Inouye met with representatives of State and tribal govern-
ments to discuss amendments to the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act of 1988 (IGRA). This three-year process also included consulta-
tion with representatives of Federal agencies that are charged with
various responsibilities associated with Indian gaming or law en-
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