25 CFR § 170.935 - How does a direct service Tribe begin the alternative dispute resolution process?

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title: "25 CFR § 170.935 - How does a direct service Tribe begin the alternative dispute resolution process?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "170.935"
section_name: "How does a direct service Tribe begin the alternative dispute resolution process?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "170"
part_name: "TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Pub. L. 112-141, Pub. L. 114-94; 5 U.S.C. 2; 23 U.S.C. 201, 202; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 78463, Nov. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
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# 170.935 How does a direct service Tribe begin the alternative dispute resolution process?

(a) To begin the ADR process, a direct service Tribe must write to the BIA Regional Director, or the Chief of BIA Division of Transportation. The letter must:

(1) Ask to begin one of the ADR procedures in the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 571-583 (ADR Act); and

(2) Explain the factual and legal basis for the dispute.

(b) ADR proceedings will be governed by procedures in the ADR Act and the implementing regulations.