25 CFR § 81.51 - How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s81.51"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 81.51 - How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "81.51"
section_name: "How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "SECRETARIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: ": 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "81"
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# 81.51 How do tribal members circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document?

Tribal members wishing to circulate a petition to adopt or amend the tribe's governing document may submit the proposed document to the Local Bureau Official for review and comment. The Local Bureau Official may help the petitioners in drafting governing documents, bylaws, charters, amendments and revocations. The Bureau may also explain the Secretarial election process.