25 CFR § 83.48 - When will the Department allow a re-petition?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s83.48"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 83.48 - When will the Department allow a re-petition?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "83.48"
section_name: "When will the Department allow a re-petition?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT"
part_number: "83"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 5131; 25 U.S.C. 5130 note (Congressional Findings); and 43 U.S.C. 1457."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 37887, July 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "83"
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# 83.48 When will the Department allow a re-petition?
An unsuccessful petitioner may re-petition only if AS-IA determines that the petitioner has plausibly alleged one or both of the following:
(a) A change from part 54 of this chapter (as it existed before March 30, 1982) or part 83 (as it existed before July 31, 2015) to this part 83 would, if applied on reconsideration, change the outcome of the previous, negative final determination to positive; and/or
(b) New evidence (*i.e.,* evidence not previously submitted by the petitioner) would, if considered on reconsideration, change the outcome of the previous, negative final determination to positive.