---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 224.115"
title: "25"
number: "224.115"
heading: "When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/224.115"
---

# §224.115. When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?


The Secretary must investigate the petitioner's claims of the Tribe's noncompliance with a TERA only after making a threshold determination that the petitioner is an interested party and:

- (a) The Tribe has denied or failed to respond to each claim made in the petition within the period under [§ 224.113(a)](/cfr/25/224.113.md?p=a); or
- (b) The Tribe has failed, refused, or was unable to cure or otherwise resolve each claim made in the petition within a reasonable period, as determined by the Secretary, after the expiration of the period in [§ 224.113(b)](/cfr/25/224.113.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69613, Dec. 18, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 3501-3504; Pub. L. 109-58; Pub. L. 115-325.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69613, Dec. 18, 2019]