{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-1000.2370","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 1000.2370","heading":"When and how will the Assistant Secretary respond to an appeal by a Tribe/Consortium?","body":"The appropriate Assistant Secretary will decide an appeal of any initial decision made by a bureau head (see § 1000.2360). If the Tribe/Consortium has appealed the bureau's initial adverse decision of the bureau to the bureau head and the bureau head's decision on initial appeal is contrary to the Tribe's/Consortium's request for relief, or the bureau head fails to make a decision within 30 days of receipt by the bureau of the Tribe's/Consortium's initial request for review and any accompanying statement and documentation, the Tribe's/Consortium's appeal will be sent automatically to the appropriate Assistant Secretary for decision. The Assistant Secretary must either concur with the bureau head's decision or issue a separate decision within 60 days of receipt by the bureau of the Tribe's/Consortium's initial request for review and any accompanying statement and documentation. The decision of the Assistant Secretary is final for the Department.","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":"841e71e0e275e8475ff4181ec56b793c18f59775516c16c7f3a86bf3dc00ddcc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-1000.2365","next":"us/25-cfr-1000.2375"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}