[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19005-19006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07207]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Service Area Designation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is published to exercise the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs to provide notice, under the regulations, of the service area 
designation for the Pit River Tribe that is recognized and eligible to 
receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

DATES: This service area designation is effective as of March 28, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Settles, Office of Indian 
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Telephone (202) 208-5113, email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 25 CFR part 20, Financial 
Assistance and Social Services Programs, the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs designates the following locale as a service area 
appropriate for the extension of BIA financial assistance and/or social

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services. The part 20 regulations have full force and effect when 
extending the BIA financial assistance and/or social services into the 
service area location. Without officially designated service areas, 
such services are provided only to Indian people who live within the 
reservation boundaries. Under 25 CFR 20.201, the Pit River Tribe is now 
authorized to extend financial assistance and social services to 
eligible tribal members (and their family members who are Indian) who 
reside outside the boundaries of the federally recognized tribe's 
reservation within the areas designated below:
    Tribe: Pit River Tribe.
    Service Area Location: The 100 square mile area of Pit River Tribe 
jurisdiction, as stated in the Pit River Tribe constitution, in the 
counties of Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and Lassen in the State of 
California.

    Dated: March 20, 2013.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-07207 Filed 3-27-13; 8:45 am]
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