Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§1406 Rules and regulations
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUNDS › § 1406
Summary
The Secretary must issue rules to carry out this chapter by the end of the 180-day period starting October 19, 1973. The rules must tell anyone who may receive funds from an Indian judgment the procedures to follow, be published in the Federal Register at least 60 days before they take effect, and allow public notice and hearings at least 30 days before.
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Title 25, §1406
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(a)The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this chapter no later than the end of the one hundred and eighty-day period beginning on October 19, 1973. Among other things, such rules and regulations shall provide for adequate notice to all entities and persons who may receive funds under any Indian judgment of all relevant procedures pursuant to this chapter concerning any such judgment.
(b)No later than sixty days prior to the promulgation of such rules and regulations the Secretary shall publish the proposed rules and regulations in the Federal Register.
(c)No later than thirty days prior to the promulgation of such rules and regulations, the Secretary shall provide, with adequate public notice, the opportunity for hearings on the proposed rules and regulations, once published, to all interested parties.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 1406
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73