{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-900.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 900.4","heading":"Effect on existing tribal rights.","body":"Nothing in these regulations shall be construed as:\n(a) Affecting, modifying, diminishing, or otherwise impairing the sovereign immunity from suit enjoyed by Indian tribes;\n(b) Terminating, waiving, modifying, or reducing the trust responsibility of the United States to the Indian tribe(s) or individual Indians. The Secretary shall act in good faith in upholding this trust responsibility;\n(c) Mandating an Indian tribe to apply for a contract(s) or grant(s) as described in the Act; or\n(d) Impeding awards by other Departments and agencies of the United States to Indian tribes to administer Indian programs under any other applicable law.","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 A—General Provisions"],"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":"1fa1c603a55e8970dd0b96b437f00fb99c6f2f5a7a0e5cf5f83b65fcee8464fa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-900.3","next":"us/25-cfr-900.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}