United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2015_register executive 2015-07-01 article Part IV Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f7693c D09002ee1c7f76a54 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Bureau of Indian Affairs originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule revises regulations governing the process and criteria by which the Secretary acknowledges an Indian tribe. The revisions seek to make the process and criteria more transparent, promote consistent implementation, and increase timeliness and efficiency, while maintaining the integrity and substantive rigor of the process. For decades, the current process has been criticized as "broken" and in need of reform. Specifically, the process has been criticized as too slow (a petition can take decades to be decided), expensive, burdensome, inefficient, intrusive, less than transparent and unpredictable. This rule reforms the process by, among other things, institutionalizing a phased review that allows for faster decisions; reducing the documentary burden while maintaining the existing rigor of the process; allowing for a hearing on a negative proposed finding to promote transparency and integrity; enhancing notice to tribes and local governments and enhancing transparency by posting all publicly available petition documents on the Department's Web site; establishing the Assistant Secretary's final determination as final for the Department to promote efficiency; and codifying and improving upon past Departmental implementation of standards, where appropriate, to ensure consistency, transparency, predictability and fairness. 80 FR 37862 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-07-01/2015-16193 2015-16193 fr01jy15-15 RIN 1076-AF18 4337-15-P 156A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-07-01/2015-16193 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-01/html/2015-16193.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-01/pdf/2015-16193.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Indians-Tribal Government 34 p. 37862 37895 80 FR 37862 Title 25 Part 83 25 CFR Part 83 RIN 1076-AF18 Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue RULE 2015-16193 IV DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs 2015-07-31 156A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G 4337-15-P 2015-16193 Final rule.

This rule revises regulations governing the process and criteria by which the Secretary acknowledges an Indian tribe. The revisions seek to make the process and criteria more transparent, promote consistent implementation, and increase timeliness and efficiency, while maintaining the integrity and substantive rigor of the process. For decades, the current process has been criticized as "broken" and in need of reform. Specifically, the process has been criticized as too slow (a petition can take decades to be decided), expensive, burdensome, inefficient, intrusive, less than transparent and unpredictable. This rule reforms the process by, among other things, institutionalizing a phased review that allows for faster decisions; reducing the documentary burden while maintaining the existing rigor of the process; allowing for a hearing on a negative proposed finding to promote transparency and integrity; enhancing notice to tribes and local governments and enhancing transparency by posting all publicly available petition documents on the Department's Web site; establishing the Assistant Secretary's final determination as final for the Department to promote efficiency; and codifying and improving upon past Departmental implementation of standards, where appropriate, to ensure consistency, transparency, predictability and fairness.

This rule is effective July 31, 2015. Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative Action--Indian Affairs, (202) 273- 4680; elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedure Indians-Tribal Government Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes , elizabeth.appel@bia.gov www.reginfo.gov Vol. 80, no. 126 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-07-01 continuing daily deposited born digital 401 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-07-01 P0b002ee18cc78cbe 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr01jy15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-07-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-01/pdf/FR-2015-07-01.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-01/xml/FR-2015-07-01.xml fdlp 37529 37919 DGPO 2015-07-01 2024-06-02 FR-2015-07-01 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-07-01 80 126