42 CFR § 137.15 - Who may participate in Tribal Self-Governance?

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title: "42 CFR § 137.15 - Who may participate in Tribal Self-Governance?"
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "137.15"
section_name: "Who may participate in Tribal Self-Governance?"
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "137"
part_name: "TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 458"
regulatory_source: "67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 137.15 Who may participate in Tribal Self-Governance?

Those Self-Governance Tribes described in 503(a) of the Act [25 U.S.C. 458aaa-2(a)] participating in the Title III Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project and up to 50 additional Indian Tribes per year that meet the criteria in § 137.18 may participate in self-governance.