---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 1001.3"
title: "25"
number: "1001.3"
heading: "Priority ranking for negotiations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/1001.3"
---

# §1001.3. Priority ranking for negotiations.


In addition to the eligibility criteria identified above, a tribe or consortium of tribes seeking priority ranking for negotiations must submit a description of the efforts of the tribe or consortium to seek to enter negotiations and/or prepare for operations under the self-governance option. This narrative should identify any activities that the tribe has pursued, carefully identifying and documenting the dates involved, including, but not limited to, the following:

- (a) Prior planning activities related to self-governance, noting the source of funding for the planning activity and whether or not it was sanctioned by the Office of Self-Governance (OSG), including documentation as applicable.
- (b) **Prior efforts to secure planning and/or negotiation grants.**
- (c) Meetings with the OSG or other Departmental offices in which the tribe expressed an interest in participating in the Self-Governance Project.
- (d) Correspondence between the tribe and the Department in which the tribe has expressed an interest in participating in the Self-Governance Project.
- (e) **All actions of the tribal governing body related to participating in the self-governance option.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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