{"identifier":"/us/usc/t25/s2701","title":25,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2701.","heading":"Findings","text":"\u00a7\u202f2701.\nFindings\nThe Congress finds that\u2014\n(1) numerous Indian tribes have become engaged in or have licensed gaming activities on Indian lands as a means of generating tribal governmental revenue;\n(2) Federal courts have held that\nsection 81 of this title\n(3) existing Federal law does not provide clear standards or regulations for the conduct of gaming on Indian lands;\n(4) a principal goal of Federal Indian policy is to promote tribal economic development, tribal self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government; and\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t25/s2701.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2701."},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Congress finds that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" numerous Indian tribes have become engaged in or have licensed gaming activities on Indian lands as a means of generating tribal governmental revenue;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" Federal courts have held that ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 81 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t25/s81","tail":" requires Secretarial review of management contracts dealing with Indian gaming, but does not provide standards for approval of such contracts;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" existing Federal law does not provide clear standards or regulations for the conduct of gaming on Indian lands;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" a principal goal of Federal Indian policy is to promote tribal economic development, tribal self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t25/s2701/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}