---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 1000.25"
title: "25"
number: "1000.25"
heading: "What is the effect on existing Tribal rights?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/1000.25"
---

# §1000.25. What is the effect on existing Tribal rights?


Nothing in this part shall be construed as:

- (a) Affecting, modifying, diminishing, or otherwise impairing the sovereign immunity from suit enjoyed by Indian Tribes;
- (b) Terminating, waiving, modifying, or reducing the trust responsibility of the United States to the Indian Tribe(s) or individual Indians. The Secretary must act in good faith in upholding this trust responsibility;
- (c) Requiring an Indian Tribe to participate in self-governance; or
- (d) Impeding awards by other Departments and agencies of the United States to Indian Tribes to administer Indian programs under any other applicable law.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 5373

### Source

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