§ 693. — Membership roll; preparation and initial publication; eligibility for enrollment; appeal from inclusion or omission from roll; finality of determination; final publication.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC693]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XXX--WESTERN OREGON INDIANS: TERMINATION OF FEDERAL
SUPERVISION
Sec. 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.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 733, Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 724.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 694 of this title.
