List of Secretarial Procedures
The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior has issued procedures by which certain tribes may conduct class III gaming activities without a tribal-state gaming compact. Except as noted, the National Indian Gaming Commission, not the State of California, exercises regulatory authority over these Tribes' class III gaming activities.
There are currently 66 casinos operated by 63 Tribes. Of the 63 Tribes, 56 have Tribal-State Compacts and 7 have Secretarial Procedures.
| No. | Tribe | Secretarial Procedures Aprroval Date |
Prior | Implementing Agreements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compact/Amendment Execution Date |
Effective Date1 | ||||
| 1 | Big Lagoon Rancheria |
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| 2 | Blue Lake Rancheria | 01/31/2024 | 05/16/2000 | ||
| 3 | Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation | 01/31/2024 | 05/16/2000 | ||
| 4 | Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California |
01/31/2024 | 05/16/2000 | ||
| 5 | Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California | 08/12/20162 | |||
| 6 | Hopland Band of Pomo Indians | 01/31/2024 | 05/16/2000 | ||
| 7 | North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California | ||||
| 8 | Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation | 02/08/2013; 04/23/2020 |
05/16/2000 | Agreement 12/26/2012 Agreement3 11/18/2022 |
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| 9 | Robinson Rancheria | 01/31/2024 | 05/16/2000 | ||
Footnotes:
1 A Compact becomes effective after it is ratified in accordance with State law and upon publication of its approval by the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior in the Federal Register.
2 The State of California agreed to perform regulatory responsibility under the terms of the Secretarial Procedures, which are largely consistent with the State of California's regulatory role in numerous tribal-state class III gaming compacts.
3 After assuming regulatory responsibilities under the 2013 Secretarial Procedures, the State of California entered into a mutual agreement with the Tribe to transfer the regulatory duties and responsibilities to the National Indian Gaming Commission.
