Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006

H.R. 4893, the Restricting Indian Gaming to Homelands of Tribes Act of 2006, sought to tighten federal regulations regarding where Native American tribes can establish and operate casinos. The bill aimed to limit "reservation shopping" by requiring that new gaming facilities be located on lands where a tribe has a strong historical and primary governmental connection, rather than on newly acquired lands far from their home base.

For citizens and local governments, the bill would have required tribes to negotiate formal agreements with counties or parishes to fund and mitigate the impact of casinos on local infrastructure and public services. Additionally, it would have allowed multiple tribes to consolidate their gaming operations on a single host tribe’s reservation, provided they received specific approval from the state’s governor and legislature. Although the bill received a majority of votes in the House of Representatives, it failed to meet the two-thirds requirement for passage under a suspension of the rules and did not become law.