---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 292.7"
title: "25"
number: "292.7"
heading: "What must be demonstrated to meet the “restored lands” exception?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/292.7"
---

# §292.7. What must be demonstrated to meet the “restored lands” exception?


This section contains criteria for meeting the requirements of [25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii)](/usc/25/2719.md?p=b-1-B-iii), known as the “restored lands” exception. Gaming may occur on newly acquired lands under this exception only when all of the following conditions in this section are met:

- (a) The tribe at one time was federally recognized, as evidenced by its meeting the criteria in [§ 292.8](/cfr/25/292.8.md);
- (b) The tribe at some later time lost its government-to-government relationship by one of the means specified in [§ 292.9](/cfr/25/292.9.md);
- (c) At a time after the tribe lost its government-to-government relationship, the tribe was restored to Federal recognition by one of the means specified in [§ 292.10](/cfr/25/292.10.md); and
- (d) The newly acquired lands meet the criteria of “restored lands” in [§ 292.11](/cfr/25/292.11.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 2719, 43 U.S.C. 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 29375, May 20, 2008, unless otherwise noted.