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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 693. Membership roll; preparation and initial publication; eligibility for enrollment; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll; finality of determination; final publication
Within ninety days after August 13, 1954, the Secretary shall
publish in the Federal Register (1) a list of those tribes for
which membership rolls will be required for the purposes of this
subchapter, and (2) a list of those tribes for which no membership
rolls will be required for the purposes of this subchapter. Each
tribe on each list shall have a period of six months from the date
of publication of the notice in which to prepare and submit to the
Secretary a proposed roll of the members of the tribe living on
August 13, 1954, which shall be published in the Federal Register.
In the absence of applicable law, or eligibility requirements in an
approved constitution, bylaws, or membership ordinance, eligibility
for enrollment shall be determined under such rules and regulations
as the Secretary may prescribe. No person shall be enrolled on more
than one tribal roll prepared pursuant to this subchapter. If a
tribe on list one fails to submit such roll within the time
specified in this section, the Secretary shall prepare a proposed
roll for the tribe, which shall be published in the Federal
Register. Any person claiming membership rights in the tribe or an
interest in its assets, or a representative of the Secretary on
behalf of any such person, may, within ninety days from the date of
publication of the proposed roll, file an appeal with the Secretary
contesting the inclusion or omission of the name of any person on
or from such roll. The Secretary shall review such appeals and his
decisions thereon shall be final and conclusive. After disposition
of all such appeals the roll of the tribe shall be published in the
Federal Register and such roll shall be final for the purposes of
this subchapter.
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