[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR151.24]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 151--ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO LAND IN TRUST--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart E--Tribal Land Acquisition Areas
 
Sec. 151.24  If a Tribal Land Acquisition Area is approved, does the land taken into trust within it attain reservation status?

    No. Lands taken into trust within a TLAA will enjoy ``Indian 
country'' status as that term has been defined in relevant federal 
statutes and case law. However, those lands do not attain 
``reservation'' status by virtue of the TLAA having been approved by the 
Secretary. Reservation status can only be attained if:
    (a) The tribe has applied to the Secretary under 25 U.S.C. 467; or
    (b) There is a federal statute specifically designating the land as 
a reservation.