25 CFR § 292.15 - May a tribe apply for a Secretarial Determination for lands not yet held in trust?

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title: "25 CFR § 292.15 - May a tribe apply for a Secretarial Determination for lands not yet held in trust?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "292.15"
section_name: "May a tribe apply for a Secretarial Determination for lands not yet held in trust?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES"
part_number: "292"
part_name: "GAMING ON TRUST LANDS ACQUIRED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1988"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 2719, 43 U.S.C. 1457."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 29375, May 20, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "292"
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# 292.15 May a tribe apply for a Secretarial Determination for lands not yet held in trust?

Yes. A tribe can apply for a Secretarial Determination under § 292.13 for land not yet held in trust at the same time that it applies under part 151 of this chapter to have the land taken into trust.