---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 1001.1"
title: "25"
number: "1001.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/1001.1"
---

# §1001.1. Purpose.


The purpose of this rule is to establish the process for tribes to apply for entry into the Self-Governance program and to establish the selection criteria by which the Department will identify eligible tribes and select tribes to begin the negotiations process.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 450 note, 458aa-458gg.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 8554, Feb. 15, 1995, unless otherwise noted.