25 CFR § 61.2 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s61.2"
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title: "25 CFR § 61.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "61.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "PREPARATION OF ROLLS OF INDIANS"
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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 and 9, 1300d-3(b), 1401  and Pub. L. 108-270."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 46430, Nov. 8, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.2 Purpose.

The regulations in this part 61 are to govern the compilation of rolls of Indians by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to statutory authority. The regulations are not to apply in the compilation of tribal membership rolls where the responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of such rolls rests with the tribes.