Sponsors (19)
The bill brings two Texas tribes under IGRA to provide clear federal regulation and potential economic benefits for the tribes, but it reduces state control and creates legal, financial, and social risks that could affect tribal governments, local communities, and taxpayers.
Members of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama‑Coushatta will be placed under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), giving tribal members clear, equal federal regulatory treatment for gaming on their lands.
Tribal governments for these two tribes gain access to IGRA-related mechanisms (tribal‑state compacts, revenue‑sharing frameworks, and federal oversight) that can support economic development and greater tribal self‑sufficiency.
Clarifying and harmonizing the regulatory language reduces regulatory inconsistency and may lower legal uncertainty and some compliance costs for the two Tribes and the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Tribal members and governments may face new legal uncertainty because removing prior statutory provisions (sections 107 and 207) could eliminate previously applicable protections or exceptions.
Tribal governments could incur new regulatory requirements, revenue‑sharing obligations, or compliance costs under IGRA that reduce net gaming revenues for the tribes.
Local Texas communities (including low‑income residents) may face increased social costs — such as more gambling‑related harms — if gaming expands or changes without additional state oversight.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Makes IGRA fully applicable to gaming on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama‑Coushatta tribal lands and removes two provisions from their Restoration Act.
Introduced June 4, 2025 by Morgan Luttrell · Last progress June 4, 2025
Applies the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to gaming on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama‑Coushatta tribal lands and removes two provisions from their Restoration Act that created a different regulatory scheme. The change is intended to eliminate overlapping or redundant regulatory language and make the two tribes subject to the same federal gaming rules and oversight as other tribes under IGRA.