---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 81.1"
title: "25"
number: "81.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/81.1"
---

# §81.1. What is the purpose of this part?


This part prescribes the Department's procedures for authorizing and conducting elections when Federal statute or the terms of a tribal governing document require the Secretary to conduct and approve an election to:

- (a) Adopt, amend, or revoke tribal governing documents; or
- (b) **Adopt or amend charters.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: : 25 U.S.C. 473a, 476, 477, as amended, and 503.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 63106, Oct. 19, 2015, unless otherwise noted.