---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 137.257"
title: "42"
number: "137.257"
heading: "What steps must the Secretary take prior to reassumption becoming effective?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/137.257"
---

# §137.257. What steps must the Secretary take prior to reassumption becoming effective?


Except as provided in [§ 137.261](/cfr/42/137.261.md) for immediate reassumption, prior to a reassumption becoming effective, the Secretary must:

- (a) Notify the Self-Governance Tribe in writing by certified mail of the details of findings required under § [137.256(a)(1)](/cfr/42/137.256.md?p=a-1) and [(2)](/cfr/42/137.256.md?p=a-2);
- (b) Request specified corrective action within a reasonable period of time, which in no case may be less than 45 days;
- (c) Offer and provide, if requested, the necessary technical assistance and advice to assist the Self-Governance Tribe to overcome the conditions that led to the findings described under (a); and
- (d) Provide the Self-Governance Tribe with a hearing on the record as provided under Subpart P of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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