{"data":{"id":"us/25-u.s.c.-2701","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 U.S.C. § 2701","heading":"Findings","body":"The Congress finds that—(1) numerous Indian tribes have become engaged in or have licensed gaming activities on Indian lands as a means of generating tribal governmental revenue; (2) Federal courts have held that section 81 of this title requires Secretarial review of management contracts dealing with Indian gaming, but does not provide standards for approval of such contracts; (3) existing Federal law does not provide clear standards or regulations for the conduct of gaming on Indian lands; (4) a principal goal of Federal Indian policy is to promote tribal economic development, tribal self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government; and (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.","path":["Title 25—INDIANS","CHAPTER 29—INDIAN GAMING REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc25@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:08Z","sha256":"4b93556afb2cb6cc1fe02072bb6a74d12df536be3ce59763458f32a60797c67c","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/25-u.s.c.-2651","next":"us/25-u.s.c.-2702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}