---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 522.4"
title: "25"
number: "522.4"
heading: "Amendment approvals and disapprovals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/522.4"
---

# §522.4. Amendment approvals and disapprovals.

- (a) No later than 90 days after the submission of any amendment to a class II ordinance or resolution the Chair shall approve the amendment if the Chair finds that:
  - (1) A tribe meets the amendment submission requirements of [§ 522.3(b)](/cfr/25/522.3.md?p=b); and
  - (2) The amendment complies with [§ 522.5(b)](/cfr/25/522.5.md?p=b).
- (b) No later than 90 days after a tribe submits any amendment to a class II ordinance for approval, the Chair may disapprove the amendment if the Chair determines—
  - (1) A tribe failed to comply with the amendment submission requirements of [§ 522.3](/cfr/25/522.3.md); or
  - (2) The amendment does not comply with [§ 522.5(b)](/cfr/25/522.5.md?p=b).
- (c) No later than 90 days after the submission of any amendment to a class III ordinance or resolution, the Chair shall approve the amendment if the Chair finds that—
  - (1) A tribe meets the amendment submission requirements of [§ 522.3(b)](/cfr/25/522.3.md?p=b); and
  - (2) The amendment complies with § [522.7(b)](/cfr/25/522.7.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/25/522.7.md?p=c).
- (d) No later than 90 days after a tribe submits any amendment to a class III ordinance for approval, the Chair may disapprove the amendment if the Chair determines that—
  - (1) A tribal governing body did not adopt the amendment in compliance with the governing documents of the tribe;
  - (2) The amendment does not comply with § [522.7(b)](/cfr/25/522.7.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/25/522.7.md?p=c); or
  - (3) A tribal governing body was significantly and unduly influenced in the adoption of the amendment by a person having a direct or indirect financial interest in a management contract, a person having management responsibility for a management contract, or their agents.
- (e) The Chair shall notify a tribe of its right to appeal a disapproval under [part 582](/cfr/25/part582.md) of this chapter. A disapproval shall be effective immediately unless appealed under [part 582](/cfr/25/part582.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2706, 2710, 2712.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 57593, Sept. 21, 2022, unless otherwise noted.