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House Bill Sets Boundaries on Tribal Gambling

A new bill in the United States House of Representatives will block Indian tribes from building casinos off their reservations.

Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Calif., Resources Committee, sponsored the bill.

The House bill set sights on the trend of off-reservation gambling or the move of the Indian tribes to cross tu other states to look for better locations for their casinos.

Pombo said that the tribes should take economic development to the Indian reservation, they instead prefer to bring Indian developments to where the economic development is present.

Pombo said that the off reservation gambling is a threat to the prospect of economic growth of Native Americans and the sovereignty of Indian tribes.

The bill would give amendments to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.

The tribes that have passed their applications prior to the implementation of the bill will still be allowed to continue.

The bill would still allow the tribes that were newly recognized by the federal government, but the tribes are required to enter in the memorandum of understanding to ensure that the tribes will shoulder the cost of infrastructure facilities.

National Indian Gaming Association opposed the bill and added that the situation can be settled in regulations.

The gaming association disapproves of the bill as it would permit the tribes to be taxed through the agreement.