---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 137.155"
title: "42"
number: "137.155"
heading: "What constitutes a final agency action?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/137.155"
---

# §137.155. What constitutes a final agency action?


A final agency action shall consist of a written decision from the Department to the Indian Tribe either:

- (a) By an official of the Department who holds a position at a higher organizational level within the Department than the level of the departmental agency in which the decision that is the subject of the appeal was made; or
- (b) **By an administrative judge.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 458 et seq.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002, unless otherwise noted.