10/21/20
Compacts are submitted directly to the BIA’s Office of Indian Gaming
The Compact Approval Process
The Secretary must approve or disapprove a compact or amendment within 45 calendar days after receiving the compact or amendment.
The Secretary will notify the Indian tribe and the State in writing of the decision to approve or disapprove a compact or amendment.
If the Secretary neither affirmatively approves nor disapproves a compact or amendment within the 45-day review period, the compact or amendment is considered to have been approved (“deemed approved”), but only to the extent it complies with the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
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Typically, compacts are approved, or
Allowed to go into effect by operation of law (45 days after submission if no affirmative approval, or
Disapprovals are Relatively Rare
Allowed to go into effect by operation of law with comment.
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