Post by blackcrowheart on Mar 11, 2006 20:53:03 GMT -5
Prominent Republican contines assault on Casinos...Land Claims...more...
Proposed anti-gaming bill blocks tribal land claims
Thursday, March 09, 206
By BILL CAHIR
The Express-Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The chairman of a major House committee has
introduced a bill that would block Indian tribes from establishing
land claims for the purpose of establishing casinos in communities
where they own no property.
The legislation might block the Delaware Nation of Anadarko, Okla.,
from establishing title to 315 acres now owned by Binney & Smith and
25 private homeowners in Forks Township, in both Bucks and
Northampton counties. The tribe wants to swap the Forks Township
property for a chance to establish a gaming operation elsewhere, not
necessarily in Forks Township itself.
A bill summary distributed by U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo, chairman of
the House Resources Committee, said his anti-gaming legislation would
block a tribe that already has land eligible for some kind of
gambling operation from acquiring "any more land not contiguous to
the reservation and use it for gaming, without exception."
Proposed anti-gaming bill blocks tribal land claims
Thursday, March 09, 206
By BILL CAHIR
The Express-Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. | The chairman of a major House committee has
introduced a bill that would block Indian tribes from establishing
land claims for the purpose of establishing casinos in communities
where they own no property.
The legislation might block the Delaware Nation of Anadarko, Okla.,
from establishing title to 315 acres now owned by Binney & Smith and
25 private homeowners in Forks Township, in both Bucks and
Northampton counties. The tribe wants to swap the Forks Township
property for a chance to establish a gaming operation elsewhere, not
necessarily in Forks Township itself.
A bill summary distributed by U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo, chairman of
the House Resources Committee, said his anti-gaming legislation would
block a tribe that already has land eligible for some kind of
gambling operation from acquiring "any more land not contiguous to
the reservation and use it for gaming, without exception."