{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-2.202","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 2.202","heading":"Who decides administrative appeals?","body":"Except where a specific section of this part sets out a different appellate hierarchy, table 1 to this section identifies the reviewing officials for appeals under this part:\nTable 1 to § 2.202\nOfficial issuing the decision Reviewing official or IBIA\nAgency Superintendent or Field Representative, BIA Regional Director, BIA.\nRegional Director, BIA IBIA.\nDistrict Commander, OLES Deputy Director BIA, Office of Justice Services (OJS).\nDeputy Director, BIA Director, BIA.\nDirector, BIA IBIA.\nPrincipal of a Bureau operated School Education Program Administrator.\nEducation Program Administrator Associate Deputy Director, BIE.\nAssociate Deputy Director, BIE Director, BIE.\nPresident of a Bureau operated Post-Secondary School Director, BIE.\nDirector, BIE AS-IA.\nBTFA decision-maker Director, BTFA.\nDirector of: OIG; IED; OSG Appropriate Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.\nDeputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs; Director, BTFA AS-IA.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—PROCEDURES AND PRACTICE","PART 2—APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS","Subpart B—Appealing Administrative Decisions"],"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":"6255f3ba3e01ee36b43e889c1c1488ba4f7df7bf6c15fd3ec8211e91f58a044c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-2.201","next":"us/25-cfr-2.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}