GroundRules
25 CFR 900.247: Under what circumstances is a reassumption considered an emergency instead of non-emergency reassumption?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 25—Indians
- CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- PART 900—CONTRACTS UNDER THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT
- Subpart P—Retrocession and Reassumption Procedures
(a) A reassumption is considered an emergency reassumption if an Indian tribe or tribal organization fails to fulfill the requirements of the contract and this failure poses:
(1) An immediate threat of imminent harm to the safety of any person; or
(2) Imminent substantial and irreparable harm to trust funds, trust lands, or interest in such lands.
(b) A reassumption is considered a non-emergency reassumption if there has been:
(1) A violation of the rights or endangerment of the health, safety, or welfare of any person; or
(2) Gross negligence or mismanagement in the handling or use of:
(i) Contract funds;
(ii) Trust funds;
(iii) Trust lands; or
(iv) Interests in trust lands under the contract.
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