S. 2564 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jul 31, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAllows two Texas tribes to operate gaming
Right now, two Texas tribes—the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta—are blocked from running gaming activities on their land because Texas law doesn't allow it. This bill removes that block and instead lets those gaming activities follow the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a federal law that governs how tribes across the country can run gaming operations.
How it affects you
This directly affects members of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes in Texas, who would gain the ability to operate gaming on their lands. For others, this is a change in which rules apply to gaming in a specific part of Texas, but it doesn't create direct effects for most people outside these tribes.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jul 31, 2025)
Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act
This bill allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes to conduct gaming activities on their land in Texas if certain conditions are met.
Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities on their land if those activities are prohibited by Texas law. The bill repeals those provisions and instead applies the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to gaming activities on Indian lands of the tribes.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 2564
A BILL
Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act
Sponsor: Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Native Americans · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 31, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.”