---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 291.9"
title: "25"
number: "291.9"
heading: "What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/291.9"
---

# §291.9. What must the Secretary do at the end of the 60-day comment period if the State offers an alternative proposal for Class III gaming procedures?


Within 30 days of receiving the State's alternative proposal, the Secretary must appoint a mediator who:

- (a) Has no official, financial, or personal conflict of interest with respect to the issues in controversy; and
- (b) **Must convene a process to resolve differences between the two proposals.**

## 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.