§ 1293. — Applications for enrollment; filing date and place; notice and appeal of rejections; review.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1293]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER LXXI--DELAWARE TRIBE AND ABSENTEE DELAWARE TRIBE OF WESTERN
OKLAHOMA: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 1293. Applications for enrollment; filing date and place;
notice and appeal of rejections; review
All applications for enrollment must be filed either with the Area
Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, or with
the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko, Oklahoma,
on or before the last day of the fourth full month following October 3,
1972, and no application shall be accepted thereafter. The Secretary of
the Interior shall give a rejection notice within sixty days after
receipt of an application if the applicant is ineligible for enrollment.
An appeal from a rejected application must be filed with the Area
Director not later than thirty days from receipt of the notice of
rejection. The Secretary shall make a final determination on each appeal
not later than sixty days from the date it is filed. Each application
and each appeal filed with the Area Director shall be reviewed by a
committee composed of representatives of the two Oklahoma Delaware
groups prior to submission of the application or appeal to the
Secretary, and the committee shall advise the Area Director in writing
of its judgment regarding the eligibility of the applicant.
(Pub. L. 92-456, Sec. 3, Oct. 3, 1972, 86 Stat. 762.)
