{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-29.906","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 29.906","heading":"Must a Tribe exhaust its administrative remedies before initiating a civil action against the Department in the U.S. District Courts for a pre-award decision?","body":"A Tribe must exhaust its administrative remedies before initiating a civil action against the Department in the U.S. District Courts, except a Tribe may appeal the rejection of a final offer directly to the U.S. District Courts in lieu of an administrative appeal.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 29—TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION SELF-GOVERNANCE PROGRAM","Subpart J—Dispute Resolution and Appeals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"e1e77609a86494349360c049c3373c7e6e944bfe6596df12a8011206fa48a006","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-29.905","next":"us/49-cfr-29.907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}