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Senate committee agrees to refine gaming oversight

Reynolds, Jerry
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
03-15-2006
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs accepted some
criticism of its gaming reform bill March 8 with a show of reason, and
rejected some with a show of temper.

By hearing's end, committee chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., concurred
with Viejas Tribal Gaming Commissioner Norman DesRosiers' observation that
sweeping federal oversight of every "gaming-related contract" would choke
the growth of the industry. DesRosiers said hundreds of contracts at every
tribal casino would fall under the overly broad definition of "gaming
activities" as it now stands in McCain's bill to amend the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act.

"To have to ...

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