§ 224.106 - If a tribe has enacted tribal laws, regulations, or procedures for challenging tribal action, how must the tribe respond to a petition?

§ 224.106 If a tribe Tribe has enacted tribal Tribal laws, regulations, or procedures for challenging tribal Tribal action, how must the tribe Tribe respond to a petition?

If a tribe Tribe has enacted tribal Tribal laws, regulations, or procedures under which a petitioner may file a petition alleging noncompliance with a TERA, the tribe Tribe must:

(a) Within a reasonable time issue a final written decision under the tribal Tribal laws, regulations, or procedures that addresses the claim. The decision may include a determination of whether the petitioner is an interested party;

(b) Provide a copy of its final written decision to the petitioner; and

(c) If the tribe Tribe fails, within a reasonable period, to issue a written decision to a petition that a petitioner brings under applicable tribal Tribal laws, regulations, or procedures the petitioner may file a petition with the Secretary.