---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 137.17"
title: "42"
number: "137.17"
heading: "May more than one Indian Tribe participate in the same compact and/or funding agreement?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/137.17"
---

# §137.17. May more than one Indian Tribe participate in the same compact and/or funding agreement?


Yes, Indian Tribes may either:

- (a) Each sign the same compact and/or funding agreement, provided that each one meets the criteria to participate in self-governance and accepts legal responsibility for all financial and administrative decisions made under the compact or funding agreement, or
- (b) **Authorize another Indian Tribe to participate in self-governance on their behalf.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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