[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 166 (Monday, August 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21258]




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Part VIII





Department of the Interior





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Bureau of Indian Affairs



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Office of Trust Management National Tribal Consultation; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 166 / Monday, August 28, 1995 / 
Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Office of Trust Funds Management National Tribal Consultation

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of tribal consultation meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
(BIA), Office of Trust Funds Management (OTFM), will conduct a 
consultation meeting with any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or 
regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant 
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), which is 
recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided 
by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians, to 
obtain oral and written comments regarding draft regulations for Public 
Law 103-412, The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act 
concerning:

DATES: The consultation meeting will be held on September 20, 1995 from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Tropicana Hotel, 3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South (Las Vegas 
Blvd. at Tropicana Blvd.), Las Vegas, NV 89109. Telephone Number: 702-
739-2222.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The OTFM, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Joe Weller, Branch of Policy and Procedures, 505 Marquette NW., Suite 
700, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102, telephone number 505-766-8606, fax 
number 505-766-8641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the consultation meeting is 
to provide Indian tribes an opportunity for participation in the 
development of these regulations. Briefing books and deadline dates for 
the submission of written comments on the proposed actions and 
regulations will be mailed to all Federally recognized Indian tribes 
who now have funds held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, and 
to BIA area directors. The Department of the Interior is considering 
publishing these regulations as interim regulations, so that they will 
be effective immediately upon being published for public comment.

    1. These draft proposed regulations will implement Title II, 
Public Law 103-412, The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act, CFR 144.
    2. The purpose of the regulations in this part is to describe 
the processes by which Indian tribes can manage tribal funds 
currently held in trust by the United States. This rule defines how 
tribes may withdraw their funds from trust status; how they may 
return funds to trust; and how they may request technical assistance 
or grants to help prepare plans to manage funds or to ensure the 
capability to manage those funds.

    All oral and written comments presented by tribes at the tribal 
consultation meeting will be recorded, transcribed and taken into 
consideration by the agency in the development of the final 
regulations. Each tribe will be given a minimum of five minutes for 
presentation of oral testimony.

    Dated: August 22, 1995.
Michael J. Anderson,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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