42 CFR § 136.118 - Effect on existing rights.

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title: "42 CFR § 136.118 - Effect on existing rights."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136.118"
section_name: "Effect on existing rights."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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# 136.118 Effect on existing rights.

The regulations in this part are not meant to and do not:

(a) Affect, modify, diminish, or otherwise impair the sovereign immunity from suit enjoyed by an Indian tribe;

(b) Authorize, require or permit the termination of any existing trust responsibility of the United States with respect to the Indian people;

(c) Permit significant reduction in services to Indian people as a result of this subpart.