25 CFR § 168.3 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s168.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 168.3 - Purpose."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "168.3"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "168"
part_name: "GRAZING REGULATIONS FOR THE HOPI PARTITIONED LANDS AREA"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 640d-8, and 640d-18."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 39817, Sept. 10, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "168"
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# 168.3 Purpose.

These regulations are issued to implement the Secretary's responsibilities mandated by the Settlement Act and subsequent U.S. District Court Judgement filed May 4, 1982, in the case, *Hopi Tribe* v. *Watt,* Civ. No. 81-272 PCT-EHC. This portion of the regulations apply only to lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe within the former Joint Use Area.