A tribe must submit to the Chair via electronic or physical mail all of the following information with a request for approval of a class II or class III ordinance or resolution, or amendment thereto:
(a) One copy of an ordinance or resolution certified as authentic by an authorized tribal official that meets the approval requirements in § 522.5(b) or § 522.7.
(b) A copy of the procedures to conduct or cause to be conducted background investigations on key employees and primary management officials and to ensure that key employees and primary management officials are notified of their rights under the Privacy Act as specified in § 556.2 of this chapter;
(c) A copy of the procedures to issue tribal licenses to primary management officials and key employees promulgated in accordance with § 558.3 of this chapter;
(d) When an ordinance or resolution concerns class III gaming, a copy of any approved tribal-state compact or class III procedures as prescribed by the Secretary that are in effect at the time the ordinance or amendment is passed;
(e) A copy of the designation of an agent for service under § 519.1 of this chapter; and
(f) Identification of the entity that will take fingerprints and a copy of the procedures for conducting a criminal history check. Such a criminal history check shall include a check of criminal history records information maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(g) A tribe shall provide Indian lands or tribal gaming regulations or environmental and public health and safety documentation that the Chair may request in the Chair's discretion. The tribe shall have 30 days from receipt of a request for additional documentation to respond.
[90 FR 46755, Sept. 30, 2025]
Notes of Decisions
North Cnty. Cmty. All., Inc. v. Salazar, 573 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2009).
· cites it 2× “Under newly promulgated 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 (i), the NIGC is authorized to require that a tribe submit Indian lands information when submitting a proposed ordinance for approval.”
Citizens Agaist Cas. Gam., Erie Cty. v. Kempthorne, 471 F. Supp. 2d 295 (W.D.N.Y. 2007).
· cites it 2× “§ 2710(2)(A); 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 . The Chairman is required, no later than 90 days after the ordinance or resolution is submitted, to approve a submission that: 1) proposes class III gaming on Indian lands of the Indian tribe, and 2) meets the articulated statutory requirements,…”
Calvello v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, 1998 SD 107 (S.D. 1998).
· cites it 2× “See 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 (f) (requiring tribes to enact ordinances providing for procedures for resolving disputes between "the gaming public and the tribe or the management contractor.”
Citizens against Casino Gambling v. Kempthorne, 471 F. Supp. 2d 295 (W.D.N.Y. 2007).
· cites it 2× “§ 2710(2)(A); 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 . The Chairman is required, no later than 90 days after the ordinance or resolution is submitted, to approve a submission that: 1) proposes class III gaming on Indian lands of the Indian tribe, and 2) meets the articulated statutory requirements,…”
Manzini v. Cypress (S.D. Fla. 2025).
“It is possible that Plaintiff intended to cite to 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 (e), titled “Submission requirements,” which states that “A tribe shall submit to the Chair via electronic or physical mail all of the following information with a request for approval of a class II or class III…”
North Cnty. Cmty. All., Inc. v. Kempthorne (9th Cir. 2009).
“Under newly promulgated 25 C.F.R. § 522.2 (i), the NIGC is authorized to require that a tribe sub- mit Indian lands information when submitting a proposed ordinance for approval.”
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