{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-900.25","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 900.25","heading":"What if only a portion of a proposal raises one of the five declination criteria?","body":"The Secretary must approve any severable portion of a proposal that does not support a declination finding described in § 900.20, subject to any alteration in the scope of the proposal that the Secretary and the Indian tribe or tribal organization approve.","path":["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 E—Declination Procedures"],"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":"39a6c4514aaa22b499994ed676208550335331c6c644d8c67b78695cb61f6cd7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-900.24","next":"us/25-cfr-900.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}