25 CFR § 224.140 - What must the Secretary do if the Tribe fails to respond to or does not comply with the Secretary's order?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.140"
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title: "25 CFR § 224.140 - What must the Secretary do if the Tribe fails to respond to or does not comply with the Secretary's order?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.140"
section_name: "What must the Secretary do if the Tribe fails to respond to or does not comply with the Secretary's order?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "224"
part_name: "TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF DETERMINATION ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 3501-3504; Pub. L. 109-58; Pub. L. 115-325."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 224.140 What must the Secretary do if the Tribe fails to respond to or does not comply with the Secretary's order?

If the Tribe does not respond to or does not comply with the Secretary's order under § 224.138(a)(3), the Secretary may take any actions the Secretary deems appropriate to protect the physical trust asset, which may include the immediate reassumption of all activities the Tribe assumed under the TERA. The procedures in subpart G of this part do not apply to reassumption under this section.