{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-137.286","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 137.286","heading":"Do Self-Governance Tribes become Federal agencies when they assume these Federal environmental responsibilities?","body":"No, while Self-Governance Tribes are required to assume Federal environmental responsibilities for projects in place of the Secretary, Self-Governance Tribes do not thereby become Federal agencies. However, because Self-Governance Tribes are assuming the responsibilities of the Secretary for the purposes of performing these Federal environmental responsibilities, Self-Governance Tribes will be considered the equivalent of Federal agencies for certain purposes as set forth in this subpart.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER M—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 137—TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE","Subpart N—Construction"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"9b3f44085b3563e910dfe483adba39ac5615f4c7fb425bb6cfb0257ddb6be755","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-137.285","next":"us/42-cfr-137.287"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}