S.Amdt. 4586

SA 4586. Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Feinstein)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. COMMERCIAL GAMING NOT LOCATED ON INDIAN LAND.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendment made by
subsection (b) is to ensure that the rights, processes, and
provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.) are used exclusively to provide for the
regulation of noncommercial gaming by Indian tribes on Indian
lands (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act
(25 U.S.C. 2703)).
(b) Commercial Gaming.--Section 11(d)(8) of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as
subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Secretary
shall disapprove a compact, or an amendment to a compact,
described in subparagraph (A) if the compact or amendment
authorizes, approves, or aids, directly or indirectly, in the
authorization or approval of a commercial gaming activity--
``(I) not located on Indian lands; and
``(II) that is or would be owned or operated, directly or
indirectly, by 1 or more Indian tribes.
``(ii) A compact or an amendment to a compact disapproved
under clause (i) shall not take effect.''.
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