---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 291.1"
title: "25"
number: "291.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/291.1"
---

# §291.1. Purpose and scope.


The regulations in this part establish procedures that the Secretary will use to promulgate rules for the conduct of Class III Indian gaming when:

- (a) A State and an Indian tribe are unable to voluntarily agree to a compact and;
- (b) The State has asserted its immunity from suit brought by an Indian tribe under [25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)(B)](/usc/25/2710.md?p=d-7-B).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. sections 2,9 and 2710.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 17543, Apr. 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted.