[Title 25 CFR A]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 2004 Edition]
[Title 25 - INDIANS]
[Chapter I - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR]
[Subchapter A - PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


25INDIANS12004-04-012004-04-01falseASUBCHAPTER AINDIANSBUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                  SUBCHAPTER A_PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE





PART 1_APPLICABILITY OF RULES OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS--Table of Contents




Sec.
1.1 [Reserved]
1.2 Applicability of regulations and reserved authority of the Secretary 
          of the Interior.
1.3 Scope.
1.4 State and local regulation of the use of Indian property.
1.10 Availability of forms.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2.



Sec. 1.1  [Reserved]



Sec. 1.2  Applicability of regulations and reserved authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior.

    The regulations in chapter I of title 25 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations are of general application. Notwithstanding any limitations 
contained in the regulations of this chapter, the Secretary retains the 
power to waive or make exceptions to his regulations as found in chapter 
I of title 25 CFR in all cases where permitted by law and the Secretary 
finds that such waiver or exception is in the best interest of the 
Indians.

[25 FR 3124, Apr. 12, 1960]



Sec. 1.3  Scope.

    Chapters I and II of this title contain the bulk of the regulations 
of the Department of the Interior of general application relating to 
Indian affairs. Subtitle B, chapter I, title 43 of the Code or Federal 
Regulations contains rules relating to the relationship of Indians to 
public lands and townsites. Subtitle A of title 43 CFR has application 
to certain aspects of Indian affairs and, among other things, contains 
procedural rules for appellate and other administrative review and for 
practice before the Department of the Interior, of which the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs is a part. Indian health matters are covered in 42 CFR 
part 36. Title 30 CFR contains regulations on oil and gas and other 
mining operations, which, under certain circumstances, may be applicable 
to Indian resources.

[25 FR 3124, Apr. 12, 1960, as amended at 40 FR 20625, May 12, 1975; 48 
FR 13414, Mar. 31, 1983]



Sec. 1.4  State and local regulation of the use of Indian property.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, none of the 
laws, ordinances, codes, resolutions, rules or other regulations of any 
State or political subdivision thereof limiting, zoning or otherwise 
governing, regulating, or controlling the use or development of any real 
or personal property, including water rights, shall be applicable to any 
such property leased from or held or used under agreement with and 
belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community that is held 
in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against 
alienation imposed by the United States.
    (b) The Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative 
may in specific cases or in specific geographic areas adopt or make 
applicable to Indian lands all or any part of such laws, ordinances, 
codes, resolutions, rules or other regulations referred to in paragraph 
(a) of this section as he shall determine to be in the best interest of 
the Indian owner or owners in achieving the highest and best use of such 
property. In determining whether, or to what extent, such laws, 
ordinances, codes, resolutions, rules or other regulations shall be 
adopted or made applicable, the Secretary or his authorized 
representative may consult with the Indian owner or owners and may 
consider the use of, and restrictions or limitations on the use of, 
other property in the vicinity, and such other factors as he shall deem 
appropriate.

[30 FR 7520, June 9, 1965]



Sec. 1.10  Availability of forms.

    Forms upon which applications and related documents may be filed and 
upon which rights and privileges may be granted may be inspected and 
procured at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and at the 
office of

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any Area Director or Agency Superintendent.

[25 FR 3124, Apr. 12, 1960]



PART 2_APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS--Table of Contents




Sec.
2.1 Information collection.
2.2 Definitions.
2.3 Applicability.
2.4 Officials who may decide appeals.
2.5 Appeal bond.
2.6 Finality of decisions.
2.7 Notice of administrative decision or action.
2.8 Appeal from inaction of official.
2.9 Notice of an appeal.
2.10 Statement of reasons.
2.11 Answer of interested party.
2.12 Service of appeal documents.
2.13 Filing documents.
2.14 Record address.
2.15 Computation of time.
2.16 Extensions of time.
2.17 Summary dismissal.
2.18 Consolidation of appeals.
2.19 Action by Area Directors and Education Programs officials on 
          appeal.
2.20 Action by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs on appeal.
2.21 Scope of review.

    Authority: R.S. 463, 465; 5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 9.

    Source: 54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989, unless otherwise noted.



Sec. 2.1  Information collection.

    In accordance with Office of Management and Budget regulations in 5 
CFR 1320.3(c), approval of information collections contained in this 
regulation is not required.



Sec. 2.2  Definitions.

    Appeal means a written request for review of an action or the 
inaction of an official of the Bureau of Indian Affairs that is claimed 
to adversely affect the interested party making the request.
    Appellant means any interested party who files an appeal under this 
part.
    Interested party means any person whose interests could be adversely 
affected by a decision in an appeal.
    Legal holiday means a Federal holiday as designated by the President 
or the Congress of the United States.
    Notice of appeal means the written document sent to the official 
designated in this part, indicating that a decision is being appealed 
(see Sec. 2.9).
    Person includes any Indian or non-Indian individual, corporation, 
tribe or other organization.
    Statement of reasons means a written document submitted by the 
appellant explaining why the decision being appealed is in error (see 
Sec. 2.10).

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.3  Applicability.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this part 
applies to all appeals from decisions made by officials of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs by persons who may be adversely affected by such 
decisions.
    (b) This part does not apply if any other regulation or Federal 
statute provides a different administrative appeal procedure applicable 
to a specific type of decision.



Sec. 2.4  Officials who may decide appeals.

    The following officials may decide appeals:
    (a) An Area Director, if the subject of appeal is a decision by a 
person under the authority of that Area Director.
    (b) An Area Education Programs Administrator, Agency Superintendent 
for Education, President of a Post-Secondary School, or the Deputy to 
the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs/Director (Indian Education 
Programs), if the appeal is from a decision by an Office of Indian 
Education Programs (OIEP) official under his/her jurisdiction.
    (c) The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec. 2.20 of this part.
    (d) A Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs pursuant to 
the provisions of Sec. 2.20(c) of this part.
    (e) The Interior Board of Indian Appeals, pursuant to the provisions 
of 43 CFR part 4, subpart D, if the appeal is from a decision made by an 
Area Director or a Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs 
other than the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs/
Director (Indian Education Programs).

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Sec. 2.5  Appeal bond.

    (a) If a person believes that he/she may suffer a measurable and 
substantial financial loss as a direct result of the delay caused by an 
appeal, that person may request that the official before whom the appeal 
is pending require the posting of a reasonable bond by the appellant 
adequate to protect against that financial loss.
    (b) A person requesting that a bond be posted bears the burden of 
proving the likelihood that he/she may suffer a measurable and 
substantial financial loss as a direct result of the delay caused by the 
appeal.
    (c) In those cases in which the official before whom an appeal is 
pending determines that a bond is necessary to protect the financial 
interests of an Indian or Indian tribe, that official may require the 
posting of a bond on his/her own initiative.
    (d) Where the official before whom an appeal is pending requires a 
bond to be posted or denies a request that a bond be posted, he/she 
shall give notice of his/her decision pursuant to Sec. 2.7.



Sec. 2.6  Finality of decisions.

    (a) No decision, which at the time of its rendition is subject to 
appeal to a superior authority in the Department, shall be considered 
final so as to constitute Departmental action subject to judicial review 
under 5 U.S.C. 704, unless when an appeal is filed, the official to whom 
the appeal is made determines that public safety, protection of trust 
resources, or other public exigency requires that the decision be made 
effective immediately.
    (b) Decisions made by officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
shall be effective when the time for filing a notice of appeal has 
expired and no notice of appeal has been filed.
    (c) Decisions made by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs shall 
be final for the Department and effective immediately unless the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs provides otherwise in the decision.

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.7  Notice of administrative decision or action.

    (a) The official making a decision shall give all interested parties 
known to the decisionmaker written notice of the decision by personal 
delivery or mail.
    (b) Failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of the 
decision or action but the time to file a notice of appeal regarding 
such a decision shall not begin to run until notice has been given in 
accordance with paragraph (c) of this section.
    (c) All written decisions, except decisions which are final for the 
Department pursuant to Sec. 2.6(c), shall include a statement that the 
decision may be appealed pursuant to this part, identify the official to 
whom it may be appealed and indicate the appeal procedures, including 
the 30-day time limit for filing a notice of appeal.

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.8  Appeal from inaction of official.

    (a) A person or persons whose interests are adversely affected, or 
whose ability to protect such interests is impeded by the failure of an 
official to act on a request to the official, can make the official's 
inaction the subject of appeal, as follows:
    (1) Request in writing that the official take the action originally 
asked of him/her;
    (2) Describe the interest adversely affected by the official's 
inaction, including a description of the loss, impairment or impediment 
of such interest caused by the official's inaction;
    (3) State that, unless the official involved either takes action on 
the merits of the written request within 10 days of receipt of such 
request by the official, or establishes a date by which action will be 
taken, an appeal shall be filed in accordance with this part.
    (b) The official receiving a request as specified in paragraph (a) 
of this section must either make a decision on the merits of the initial 
request within 10 days from receipt of the request for a decision or 
establish a reasonable later date by which the decision shall be made, 
not to exceed 60 days from the

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date of request. If an official establishes a date by which a requested 
decision shall be made, this date shall be the date by which failure to 
make a decision shall be appealable under this part. If the official, 
within the 10-day period specified in paragraph (a) of this section, 
neither makes a decision on the merits of the initial request nor 
establishes a later date by which a decision shall be made, the 
official's inaction shall be appealable to the next official in the 
process established in this part.

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.9  Notice of an appeal.

    (a) An appellant must file a written notice of appeal in the office 
of the official whose decision is being appealed. The appellant must 
also send a copy of the notice of appeal to the official who will decide 
the appeal and to all known interested parties. The notice of appeal 
must be filed in the office of the official whose decision is being 
appealed within 30 days of receipt by the appellant of the notice of 
administrative action described in Sec. 2.7. A notice of appeal that is 
filed by mail is considered filed on the date that it is postmarked. The 
burden of proof of timely filing is on the appellant. No extension of 
time shall be granted for filing a notice of appeal. Notices of appeal 
not filed in the specified time shall not be considered, and the 
decision involved shall be considered final for the Department and 
effective in accordance with Sec. 2.6(b).
    (b) When the appellant is an Indian or Indian tribe not represented 
by counsel, the official who issued the decision appealed shall, upon 
request of the appellant, render such assistance as is appropriate in 
the preparation of the appeal.
    (c) The notice of appeal shall:
    (1) Include name, address, and phone number of appellant.
    (2) Be clearly labeled or titled with the words ``NOTICE OF 
APPEAL.''
    (3) Have on the face of any envelope in which the notice is mailed 
or delivered, in addition to the address, the clearly visible words 
``NOTICE OF APPEAL.''
    (4) Contain a statement of the decision being appealed that is 
sufficient to permit identification of the decision.
    (5) If possible, attach either a copy of the notice of the 
administrative decision recieved under Sec. 2.7, or when an official 
has failed to make a decision or take any action, attach a copy of the 
appellant's request for a decision or action under Sec. 2.8 with a 
written statement that the official failed to make a decision or take 
any action or to establish a date by which a decision would be made upon 
the request.
    (6) Certify that copies of the notice of appeal have been served on 
interested parties, as prescribed in Sec. 2.12(a).



Sec. 2.10  Statement of reasons.

    (a) A statement of reasons shall be filed by the appellant in every 
appeal, and shall be accompanied by or otherwise incorporate all 
supporting documents.
    (b) The statement of reasons may be included in or filed with the 
notice of appeal.
    (c) If the statement of reasons is not filed with the notice of 
appeal, the appellant shall file a separate statement of reasons in the 
office of the official whose decision is being appealed within 30 days 
after the notice of appeal was filed in that office.
    (d) The statement of reasons whether filed with the notice of appeal 
or filed separately should:
    (1) Be clearly labeled ``STATEMENT OF REASONS''.
    (2) Have on the face of any envelope in which the statement of 
reasons is mailed or delivered, in addition to the address, the clearly 
visible words ``STATEMENT OF REASONS''.

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.11  Answer of interested party.

    (a) Any interested party wishing to participate in an appeal 
proceeding should file a written answer responding to the appellant's 
notice of appeal and statement of reasons. An answer should describe the 
party's interest.
    (b) An answer shall state the party's position or response to the 
appeal in any manner the party deems appropriate and may be accompanied 
by or

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otherwise incorporate supporting documents.
    (c) An answer must be filed within 30 days after receipt of the 
statement of reasons by the person filing an answer.
    (d) An answer and any supporting documents shall be filed in the 
office of the official before whom the appeal is pending as specified in 
Sec. 2.13.
    (e) An answer should:
    (1) Be clearly labelled or titled with the words ``ANSWER OF 
INTERESTED PARTY.''
    (2) Have on the face of any envelope in which the answer is mailed 
or delivered, in addition to the address, the clearly visible words 
``ANSWER OF INTERESTED PARTY,'' and
    (3) Contain a statement of the decision being appealed that is 
sufficient to permit identification of the decision.



Sec. 2.12  Service of appeal documents.

    (a) Persons filing documents in an appeal must serve copies of those 
documents on all other interested parties known to the person making the 
filing. A person serving a document either by mail or personal delivery 
must, at the time of filing the document, also file a written statement 
certifying service on each interested party, showing the document 
involved, the name and address of the party served, and the date of 
service.
    (b) If an appeal is filed with the Interior Board of Indian Appeals, 
a copy of the notice of appeal shall also be sent to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs. The notice of appeal sent to the Interior 
Board of Indian Appeals shall certify that a copy has been sent to the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
    (c) If the appellant is an Indian or Indian tribe not represented by 
counsel, the official with whom the appeal is filed (i.e., official 
making the decision being appealed) shall, in the manner prescribed in 
this section, personally or by mail serve a copy of all appeal documents 
on the official who will decide the appeal and on each interested party 
known to the official making such service.
    (d) Service of any document under this part shall be by personal 
delivery or by mail to the record address as specified in Sec. 2.14. 
Service on a tribe shall be to the principal or designated tribal 
official or to the governing body.
    (e) In all cases where a party is represented by an attorney in an 
appeal, service of any document on the attorney is service on the party 
represented. Where a party is represented by more than one attorney, 
service on any one attorney is sufficient. The certificate of service on 
an attorney shall include the name of the party whom the attorney 
represents and indicate that service was made on the attorney 
representing that party.
    (f) When an official deciding an appeal determines that there has 
not been service of a document affecting a person's interest, the 
official shall either serve the document on the person or direct the 
appropriate legal counsel to serve the document on the person and allow 
the person an opportunity to respond.

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]



Sec. 2.13  Filing documents.

    (a) An appeal document is properly filed with an official of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs:
    (1) By personal delivery during regular business hours to the person 
designated to receive mail in the immediate office of the official, or
    (2) By mail to the facility officially designated for receipt of 
mail addressed to the official; the document is considered filed by mail 
on the date that it is postmarked.
    (b) Bureau of Indian Affairs offices receiving a misdirected appeal 
document shall forward the document to the proper office promptly. If a 
person delivers an appeal document to the wrong office or mails an 
appeal document to an incorrect address, no extension of time should be 
allowed because of the time necessary for a Bureau office to redirect 
the document to the correct address.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an official 
deciding an appeal shall allow late filing of a misdirected document, 
including a notice of appeal, where the official finds that the 
misdirection is the fault of the government.

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Sec. 2.14  Record address.

    (a) Every interested party who files a document in connection with 
an appeal shall, when he/she files the document, also indicate his/her 
address. Thereafter, any change of address shall be promptly reported to 
the official with whom the previous address was filed. The most current 
address on file under this subsection shall be deemed the proper address 
for all purposes under this part.
    (b) The successors in interest of a party shall also promptly inform 
the official specified in paragraph (a) of this section of their 
interest in the appeal and their address.
    (c) An appellant or interested party failing to file an address or 
change of address as specified in this section may not object to lack of 
notice or service attributable to his/her failure to indicate a new 
address.



Sec. 2.15  Computation of time.

    In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed in this part, 
calendar days shall be used. Computation shall not include the day on 
which a decision being appealed was made, service or notice was 
received, a document was filed, or other event occurred causing time to 
begin to run. Computation shall include the last day of the period, 
unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event 
the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a 
Sunday, or a legal holiday.



Sec. 2.16  Extensions of time.

    An official to whom an appeal is made may, upon a showing of good 
cause by a party and with notice to all other parties, extend the period 
for filing or serving any document; provided, however, that no extension 
will be granted for filing a notice of appeal under Sec. 2.9 of this 
part or serve by itself to extend any period specified by law or 
regulation other than in this part.



Sec. 2.17  Summary dismissal.

    (a) An appeal under this part will be dismissed if the notice of 
appeal is not filed within the time specified in Sec. 2.9(a).
    (b) An appeal under this part may be subject to summary dismissal 
for the following causes:
    (1) If after the appellant is given an opportunity to amend them, 
the appeal documents do not state the reasons why the appellant believes 
the decision being appealed is in error, or the reasons for the appeal 
are not otherwise evident in the documents, or
    (2) If the appellant has been required to post a bond and fails to 
do so.



Sec. 2.18  Consolidation of appeals.

    Separate proceedings pending before one official under this part and 
involving common questions of law or fact may be consolidated by the 
official conducting such proceedings, pursuant to a motion by any party 
or on the initiative of the official.



Sec. 2.19  Action by Area Directors and Education Programs officials on 
appeal.

    (a) Area Directors, Area Education Programs Administrators, Agency 
Superintendents for Education, Presidents of Post-Secondary Schools and 
the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs/Director (Indian 
Education Programs) shall render written decisions in all cases appealed 
to them within 60 days after all time for pleadings (including all 
extensions granted) has expired. The decision shall include a statement 
that the decision may be appealed pursuant to this part, identify the 
official to whom it may be appealed and indicate thhe appeal procedures, 
including the 30-day time limit for filing a notice of appeal.
    (b) A copy of the decision shall be sent to the appellant and each 
known interested party by certified or registered mail, return receipt 
requested. Such receipts shall become a permanent part of the record.



Sec. 2.20  Action by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs on appeal.

    (a) When a decision is appealed to the Interior Board of Indian 
Appeals, a copy of the notice of appeal shall be sent to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs.
    (b) The notice of appeal sent to the Interior Board of Indian 
Appeals shall

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certify that a copy has been sent to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs.
    (c) In accordance with the provisions of Sec. 4.332(b) of title 43 
of the Code of Federal Regulations, a notice of appeal to the Board of 
Indian Appeals shall not be effective until 20 days after receipt by the 
Board, during which time the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs shall 
have authority to decide to:
    (1) Issue a decision in the appeal, or
    (2) Assign responsibility to issue a decision in the appeal to a 
Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.

The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs will not consider petitions to 
exercise this authority. If the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs 
decides to issue a decision in the appeal or to assign responsibility to 
issue a decision in the appeal to a Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs, he/she shall notify the Board of Indian Appeals, the 
deciding official, the appellant, and interested parties within 15 days 
of his/her receipt of a copy of the notice of appeal. Upon receipt of 
such notification, the Board of Indian Appeals shall transfer the appeal 
to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. The decision shall be signed 
by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs or a Deputy to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs within 60 days after all time for pleadings 
(including all extensions granted) has expired. If the decision is 
signed by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, it shall be final for 
the Department and effective immediately unless the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs provides otherwise in the decision. Except as 
otherwise provided in Sec. 2.20(g), if the decision is signed by a 
Deputy to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, it may be appealed to 
the Board of Indian Appeals pursuant to the provisions of 43 CFR part 4, 
subpart D.
    (d) A copy of the decision shall be sent to the appellant and each 
known interested party by certified or registered mail, return receipt 
requested. Such receipts shall become a permanent part of the record.
    (e) If the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs or the Deputy to the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs to whom the authority to issue a 
decision has been assigned pursuant to Sec. 2.20(c) does not make a 
decision within 60 days after all time for pleadings (including all 
extensions granted) has expired, any party may move the Board of Indian 
Appeals to assume jurisdiction subject to 43 CFR 4.337(b). A motion for 
Board decision under this section shall invest the Board with 
jurisdiction as of the date the motion is received by the Board.
    (f) When the Board of Indian Appeals, in accordance with 43 CFR 
4.337(b), refers an appeal containing one or more discretionary issues 
to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs for further consideration, 
the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs shall take action on the appeal 
consistent with the procedures in this section.
    (g) The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs shall render a written 
decision in an appeal from a decision of the Deputy to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs/Director (Indian Education Programs) within 60 
days after all time for pleadings (including all extensions granted) has 
expired. A copy of the decision shall be sent to the appellant and each 
known interested party by certified or registered mail, return receipt 
requested. Such receipts shall become a permanent part of the record. 
The decision shall be final for the Department and effective immediately 
unless the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs provides otherwise in the 
decision.



Sec. 2.21  Scope of review.

    (a) When a decision has been appealed, any information available to 
the reviewing official may be used in reaching a decision whether part 
of the record or not.
    (b) When the official deciding an appeal believes it appropriate to 
consider documents or information not contained in the record on appeal, 
the official shall notify all interested parties of the information and 
they shall be given not less than 10 days to comment on the information 
before the appeal is decided. The deciding official shall include in the 
record copies of documents or a description of the information used in 
arriving at the decision. Except where disclosure of the actual 
documents used may be prohibited by law, copies of the information shall 
be made

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available to the parties upon request and at their expense.



PART 5_PREFERENCE IN EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents




Sec.
5.1 Definitions.
5.2 Appointment actions.
5.3 Application procedure for preference eligibility.
5.4 Information collection.

    Authority: 4 Stat. 737, 25 U.S.C. 43; 22 Stat. 88, 25 U.S.C. 46; 28 
Stat. 313, 25 U.S.C. 44; 24 Stat. 389, 25 U.S.C. 348; and 48 Stat. 986, 
25 U.S.C. 472 and 479.



Sec. 5.1  Definitions.

    For purposes of making appointments to vacancies in all positions in 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs a preference will be extended to persons of 
Indian descent who are:
    (a) Members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal 
Jurisdiction;
    (b) Descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing 
within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation;
    (c) All others of one-half or more Indian blood of tribes indigenous 
to the United States;
    (d) Eskimos and other aboriginal people of Alaska; and
    (e) For one (1) year or until the Osage Tribe has formally 
organized, whichever comes first, effective January 5, 1989, a person of 
at least one-quarter degree Indian ancestry of the Osage Tribe of 
Indians, whose rolls were closed by an act of Congress.

[43 FR 2393, Jan. 17, 1978. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982, 
as amended at 54 FR 283, Jan. 5, 1989]



Sec. 5.2  Appointment actions.

    (a) Preference will be afforded a person meeting any one of the 
standards of Sec. 5.1 whether the appointment involves initial hiring, 
reinstatement, transfer, reassignment or promotion.
    (b) Preference eligibles may be given a Schedule A excepted 
appointment under Exception Number 213.3112(a)(7). However, if the 
individuals are within reach on a Civil Service Register, they may be 
given a competitive appointment.

[43 FR 2393, Jan. 17, 1978. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982, 
as amended at 49 FR 12702, Mar. 30, 1984]



Sec. 5.3  Application procedure for preference eligibility.

    (a) Proof of eligibility must be submitted with the person's 
application for a position.
    (b) In order for a person to be considered a preference eligible 
according to the standards of Sec. 5.1, they must submit proof of 
membership, descendancy or degree of Indian ancestry as indicated on 
rolls or records acceptable to the Secretary.

[43 FR 2393, Jan. 17, 1978. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982]



Sec. 5.4  Information collection.

    The Office of Management and Budget has informed the Department of 
the Interior that the information collection requirements contained in 
part 5 need not be reviewed by them under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

[54 FR 283, Jan. 5, 1989]

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