---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 83.53"
title: "25"
number: "83.53"
heading: "How will the Assistant Secretary determine which re-petition request to consider first?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/83.53"
---

# §83.53. How will the Assistant Secretary determine which re-petition request to consider first?

- (a) OFA shall maintain and make available on its website a register of re-petition requests that are ready for active consideration.
- (b) The order of consideration of re-petition requests shall be determined by the date on which OFA places each request on OFA's register of requests ready for active consideration.
- (c) The Department will prioritize review of documented petitions over review of re-petition requests, except that re-petition requests pending on OFA's register for more than two years shall have priority over any subsequently filed documented petitions.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 90 FR 3643, Jan. 15, 2025, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 5131; 25 U.S.C. 5130 note (Congressional Findings); and 43 U.S.C. 1457.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 37887, July 1, 2015, unless otherwise noted.