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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 743. Membership roll; preparation and initial publication; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll; finality of determination; final publication
Each tribe shall have a period of six months from September 1,
1954, in which to prepare and submit to the Secretary a proposed
roll of the members of the tribe living on September 1, 1954, which
shall be published in the Federal Register. If a tribe fails to
submit such roll within the time specified in this section, the
Secretary shall prepare a proposed role (!1) 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 sixty 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 by
the Secretary, 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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