[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: 25CFR23.49]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 23--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart E--General and Uniform Grant Administration Provisions and 
                              Requirements
 
Sec. 23.49  Fair and uniform provision of services.

    (a) Grants awarded under this part shall include provisions assuring 
compliance with the Indian Civil Rights Act; prohibiting discriminatory 
distinctions among eligible Indian beneficiaries; and assuring the fair 
and uniform provision by the grantees of the services and assistance 
they provide to eligible Indian beneficiaries under such grants. Such 
procedures must include criteria by which eligible Indian beneficiaries 
will receive services, recordkeeping mechanisms adequate to verify the 
fairness and uniformity of services in cases of formal complaints, and 
an explanation of what rights will be afforded an individual pending the 
resolution of a complaint.
    (b) Indian beneficiaries of the services to be rendered under a 
grant shall be afforded access to administrative or judicial bodies 
empowered to adjudicate complaints, claims, or grievances brought by 
such Indian beneficiaries against the grantee arising out of the 
performance of the grant.