25 CFR § 1000.160 - How is a Tribe/Consortium selected to participate in Self-Governance?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s1000.160"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 1000.160 - How is a Tribe/Consortium selected to participate in Self-Governance?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "1000.160"
section_name: "How is a Tribe/Consortium selected to participate in Self-Governance?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "1000"
part_name: "ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION 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. 5373"
regulatory_source: "89 FR 100245, Dec. 11, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1000"
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# 1000.160 How is a Tribe/Consortium selected to participate in Self-Governance?
(a) For a Tribe not presently participating in Self Governance to be selected, the Tribe/Consortium may submit a request to the Director at any time, but no later than 180 days before the proposed effective date of the funding agreement (*e.g.,* October 1, January 1, or such other date as the parties agree). The request must contain the documentation required in § 1000.125.
(b) OSG shall select a Tribe/Consortium to participate in self-governance upon a determination that the Tribe/Consortium has provided the required documentation in § 1000.125, consistent with 25 U.S.C. 5362(b)(1)(A).
(c) OSG shall notify the Tribe/Consortium no later than 45-days after receipt of the Tribe's/Consortium's request that the Tribe/Consortium has been selected to participate in self-governance or does not have a complete request under § 1000.185.