---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 25.500"
title: "7"
number: "25.500"
heading: "Indian reservations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/25.500"
---

# §25.500. Indian reservations.

- (a) An area in an Indian reservation shall be treated as nominated by a State and a local government if it is nominated by the reservation governing body.
- (b) For purposes of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a reservation governing body must be the governing body of an Indian entity recognized and eligible to receive services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior.
- (c) Where two or more governing bodies have joint jurisdiction over an Indian reservation, the nomination of a reservation area must be a joint nomination.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 26 U.S.C. 1391; Pub. L. 103-66, 107 Stat. 543; Pub L. 105-34, 111 Stat. 885; Sec. 766, Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-37; Pub. L. 106-554 [Title I of H.R. 5562], 114 Stat. 2763.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 19114, Apr. 16, 1998, unless otherwise noted.