---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 224.56"
title: "25"
number: "224.56"
heading: "What is the effect of the Secretary's receipt of a qualified Tribe's complete application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/224.56"
---

# §224.56. What is the effect of the Secretary's receipt of a qualified Tribe's complete application?


The Secretary's receipt of a qualified Tribe's complete application begins a 270-day statutorily mandated period during which the Secretary must approve or disapprove a proposed TERA. The TERA takes effect upon the 271st day after the Secretary's receipt of a complete application from a qualified Tribe, unless the Secretary approves the TERA to take effect on an earlier date, or the Secretary disapproves the application before that date.


## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 69611, 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

[84 FR 69611, Dec. 18, 2019]