[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR151.11]

[Page 396]
 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 151_LAND ACQUISITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 151.11  Off-reservation acquisitions.

    The Secretary shall consider the following requirements in 
evaluating tribal requests for the acquisition of lands in trust status, 
when the land is located outside of and noncontiguous to the tribe's 
reservation, and the acquisition is not mandated:
    (a) The criteria listed in Sec. 151.10 (a) through (c) and (e) 
through (h);
    (b) The location of the land relative to state boundaries, and its 
distance from the boundaries of the tribe's reservation, shall be 
considered as follows: as the distance between the tribe's reservation 
and the land to be acquired increases, the Secretary shall give greater 
scrutiny to the tribe's justification of anticipated benefits from the 
acquisition. The Secretary shall give greater weight to the concerns 
raised pursuant to paragraph (d) of this section.
    (c) Where land is being acquired for business purposes, the tribe 
shall provide a plan which specifies the anticipated economic benefits 
associated with the proposed use.
    (d) Contact with state and local governments pursuant to Sec. 
151.10 (e) and (f) shall be completed as follows: Upon receipt of a 
tribe's written request to have lands taken in trust, the Secretary 
shall notify the state and local governments having regulatory 
jurisdiction over the land to be acquired. The notice shall inform the 
state and local government that each will be given 30 days in which to 
provide written comment as to the acquisition's potential impacts on 
regulatory jurisdiction, real property taxes and special assessments.

[60 FR 32879, June 23, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 48894, Sept. 21, 1995]