By Jeff Grant | Daily News-Sun
A U.S. Senate committee is slated to hear testimony next week on a resolution that would block operation of a casino on Indian tribal land surrounded by the city of Glendale.
The Committee on Indian Affairs will hear from city officials and tribal leaders during the session scheduled 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Washington, D.C.
Senate Resolution 2670, also known as the companion to the “Keep the Promise Act of 2013” would prohibit Class II and Class III gaming on land within the Phoenix metropolitan area acquired after April 9, 2013, by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe. That includes a 53-acre parcel off 91st and Northern avenues on unincorporated Maricopa County land surrounded by Glendale turned over in trust to the Interior Department July 3 on behalf of the Tohono O’odham Nation.
