---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 1000.1055"
title: "25"
number: "1000.1055"
heading: "What is the process for conducting the negotiation phase?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/1000.1055"
---

# §1000.1055. What is the process for conducting the negotiation phase?

- (a) Within 30 days of receiving a written Request to Initiate the Negotiation Phase, the bureau and the Tribe/Consortium will agree to a date to conduct an initial negotiation meeting. Subsequent meetings will be held with reasonable frequency at reasonable times.
- (b) **Tribe/Consortium and bureau lead negotiators must—**
  - (1) Be authorized to negotiate on behalf of their government; and
  - (2) **Involve all necessary persons in the negotiation process.**
- (c) Once negotiations have been completed, with the parties in agreement concerning all terms and conditions of a compact and/or funding agreement, the parties will acknowledge in writing the date on which agreement was reached and:
  - (1) The Secretary and Tribe/Consortium will finalize the compact and/or funding agreement for submission to the Tribe/Consortium within 15 days or by a mutually agreed upon date; and
  - (2) Upon the Secretary's receipt of a compact or funding agreement signed by the Tribe/Consortium, the Secretary will execute and return the funding agreement by a mutually agreed upon date not to exceed 45 days, and the compact by a mutually agreed upon date not to exceed 90 days.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 5373

### Source

Source: 89 FR 100245, Dec. 11, 2024, unless otherwise noted.