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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1604. Enrollment
(a) Eligible Natives; finality of decision
The Secretary shall prepare within two years from December 18,
1971, a roll of all Natives who were born on or before, and who are
living on, December 18, 1971. Any decision of the Secretary
regarding eligibility for enrollment shall be final.
(b) Residence; order of priority in enrollment of Natives not
permanent residents; regional family or hardship enrollment
The roll prepared by the Secretary shall show for each Native,
among other things, the region and the village or other place in
which he resided on the date of the 1970 census enumeration, and he
shall be enrolled according to such residence. Except as provided
in subsection (c) of this section, a Native eligible for enrollment
who is not, when the roll is prepared, a permanent resident of one
of the twelve regions established pursuant to section 1606(a) of
this title shall be enrolled by the Secretary in one of the twelve
regions, giving priority in the following order to -
(1) the region where the Native resided on the 1970 census date
if he had resided there without substantial interruption for two
or more years;
(2) the region where the Native previously resided for an
aggregate of ten years or more;
(3) the region where the Native was born; and
(4) the region from which an ancestor of the Native came: (!1)
The Secretary may enroll a Native in a different region when
necessary to avoid enrolling members of the same family in
different regions or otherwise avoid hardship.
(c) Election of enrollment in thirteenth region, if established, of
Native nonresidents; dependent household members as bound
A Native eligible for enrollment who is eighteen years of age or
older and is not a permanent resident of one of the twelve regions
may, on the date he files an application for enrollment, elect to
be enrolled in a thirteenth region for Natives who are
non-residents of Alaska, if such region is established pursuant to
section 1606(c) of this title. If such region is not established,
he shall be enrolled as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
His election shall apply to all dependent members of his household
who are less than eighteen years of age, but shall not affect the
enrollment of anyone else.
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