Assessment of Fees.

Sec. 123. Assessment of Fees. (a) Commission Funding.— Section 18(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2717(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “class II gaming activity” and inserting “gaming operation that conducts a class II or class III gaming activity”; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking “no less than 0.5 percent nor” and inserting “no”; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “$1,500,000” and inserting “$8,000,000”; and (C) nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall apply to self-regulated tribes such as the Mississippi Band of Choctaw. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 19 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2718) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “such sums as may be necessary” and inserting “for fiscal year 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount of funds derived from the assessments authorized by section 18(a) for the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year involved,”; and (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) Notwithstanding section 18, there are authorized to be appropriated to fund the operation of the Commission, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $2,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. The amounts authorized to be appropriated in the preceding sentence shall be in addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a).”.111 STAT. 1567