---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 137.261"
title: "42"
number: "137.261"
heading: "Does the Secretary have the authority to immediately reassume a PSFA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/137.261"
---

# §137.261. Does the Secretary have the authority to immediately reassume a PSFA?


Yes, the Secretary may immediately reassume operation of a program, service, function, or activity (or portion thereof) and associated funding upon providing to the Self-Governance Tribe written notice in which the Secretary makes a finding:

- (a) of imminent substantial and irreparable endangerment of the public health caused by an act or omission of the Indian Tribe; and
- (b) the endangerment arises out of a failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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