[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1336.34]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1336--NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C--Native American Projects
 
Sec. 1336.34  Notice of ineligibility.

    (a) Upon a finding by the Commissioner that an organization which 
has applied for funding is ineligible or that the activities proposed by 
an organization are ineligible, the Commissioner shall inform the 
applicant by certified letter of the decision.
    (b) The letter must include the following:
    (1) The legal and factual grounds for the Commissioner's finding 
concerning eligibility;
    (2) A copy of the regulations in this part; and
    (3) The following statement: This is the final decision of the 
Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans. It shall be the final 
decision of the Department unless, within 30 days after receiving this 
decision as provided in Sec. 810(b) of the Native Americans Programs Act 
of 1974, as amended, and 45 CFR part 1336, you deliver or mail (you 
should use registered or certified mail to establish the date) a written 
notice of appeal to the HHS Departmental Appeals Board, 200 Independence 
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. You shall attach to the notice a 
copy of this decision and note that you intend an appeal. The appeal 
must clearly identify the issue(s) in dispute and contain a statement of 
the applicant's position on such issue(s) along with pertinent facts and 
reasons in support of the position. We are enclosing a copy of 45

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CFR part 1336 which governs the conduct of appeals under Sec. 810(b). 
For additional information on the appeals process see 45 CFR 1336.35. 
(Statutory authority: Sections 810(b) of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991h(b).)

[61 FR 42821, Aug. 19, 1996]