25 CFR § 224.175 - How will rescission affect valid existing rights or lawful actions taken before the rescission?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.175"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 224.175 - How will rescission affect valid existing rights or lawful actions taken before the rescission?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.175"
section_name: "How will rescission affect valid existing rights or lawful actions taken before the rescission?"
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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."
cfr_part: "224"
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# 224.175 How will rescission affect valid existing rights or lawful actions taken before the rescission?

Rescission does not affect valid existing rights that vested before the effective date of the rescission or lawful actions the Tribe and the Secretary took before the effective date of the rescission.