---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 224.20"
title: "25"
number: "224.20"
heading: "How will the Secretary interpret and implement this part and the Act?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/224.20"
---

# §224.20. How will the Secretary interpret and implement this part and the Act?

- (a) The Secretary will interpret and implement this part and the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act (the Act) in accordance with the self-determination and energy development provisions and policies in the Act.
- (b) The Secretary will liberally construe this part and the Act for the benefit of Tribes to implement the Federal policy of self-determination. The Secretary will construe any ambiguities in this part or the Act in favor of the Tribe to implement a TERA as authorized by this part and the Act.

## Notes

### 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.