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title: "25 U.S.C. § 2701"
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title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
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chapter_name: "INDIAN GAMING REGULATION"
section: "2701"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 2701"
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# 25 U.S.C. § 2701 - Findings

## Text

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 81 of this title 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.

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

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. L. 100–497, § 1, Oct. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 2467, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter and sections 1166 to 1168 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure] may be cited as the ‘Indian Gaming Regulatory Act’.”