{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-170.401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 170.401","heading":"What are BIA's and FHWA's roles in transportation planning?","body":"Except as provided in § 170.402, the functions and activities that BIA and/or FHWA must perform for the TTP transportation planning are:\n(a) Reviewing, and approving the TTPTIP as well as providing technical assistance to the Tribes during the development of their TTIP or Priority List:\n(b) Oversight of the NTTFI;\n(c) Performing quality assurance and validation of NTTFI data updates as needed;\n(d) Coordinating with States and their political subdivisions and appropriate planning authorities on regionally significant TTP projects;\n(e) Providing technical assistance to Tribal governments;\n(f) Developing TTP budgets;\n(g) Facilitating public involvement;\n(h) Participating in transportation planning and other transportation-related meetings;\n(i) Performing quality assurance and validation related to performing traffic studies;\n(j) Performing preliminary project planning or project identification studies;\n(k) Conducting special transportation studies;\n(l) Developing short- and long-range transportation plans;\n(m) Mapping;\n(n) Developing and maintaining management systems;\n(o) Performing transportation planning for operational and maintenance facilities; and\n(p) Researching rights-of-way documents for project planning.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER H—LAND AND WATER","PART 170—TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM","Subpart D—Planning, Design, and Construction of Tribal Transportation Program Facilities"],"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":"004c71d008f9856eee1a1b3298fb231a5781db3930d405848a82c64f71fce421","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-170.400","next":"us/25-cfr-170.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}