[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 25CFR2.2]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2_APPEALS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.2  Definitions.

    Appeal means a written request for review of an action or the 
inaction of an official of the Bureau of Indian Affairs that is claimed 
to adversely affect the interested party making the request.
    Appellant means any interested party who files an appeal under this 
part.
    Interested party means any person whose interests could be adversely 
affected by a decision in an appeal.
    Legal holiday means a Federal holiday as designated by the President 
or the Congress of the United States.
    Notice of appeal means the written document sent to the official 
designated in this part, indicating that a decision is being appealed 
(see Sec. 2.9).
    Person includes any Indian or non-Indian individual, corporation, 
tribe or other organization.
    Statement of reasons means a written document submitted by the 
appellant explaining why the decision being appealed is in error (see 
Sec. 2.10).

[54 FR 6480, Feb. 10, 1989; 54 FR 7666, Feb. 22, 1989]