{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-1000.2351","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 1000.2351","heading":"To Whom may a Tribe/Consortia appeal a decision under § 1000.2345?","body":"(a) Filing an appeal. A Tribe/Consortium may elect to file a dispute under § 1000.2345 with either the bureau head/Assistant Secretary or IBIA in accordance with this subpart. However, the Tribe/Consortium may not avail itself to both paths for the same dispute.\n(b) Bureau head/Assistant Secretary appeal. Unless the initial decision being appealed is one that was made by the bureau head (those appeals are forwarded to the appropriate Assistant Secretary—see § 1000.2360(c), of this subpart), the bureau head will decide initial appeals relating to these pre-award matters, that include but are not limited to disputes regarding:\n(1) Eligibility to participate in self-governance;\n(2) Decisions declining to provide requested information as addressed in subpart H;\n(3) Allocations of program funds when a dispute arises between a Consortium and a withdrawing Tribe; and\n(4) Inherently Federal functions and associated funding.\n(c) IBIA. The Tribe/Consortium may choose to forego the administrative appeal through the bureau or the Assistant Secretary, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, and instead appeal directly to IBIA.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","PART 1000—ANNUAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT","Subpart R—Appeals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"749a4fd6d3184c1f8238376fc5707147128e5274c05bda4b87670124e532b834","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-1000.2350","next":"us/25-cfr-1000.2355"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}