# Hearing Process Concerning Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes
> **Bureau of Indian Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2015-08-13 · Effective 2015-09-14 · 80 FR 48451
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-19612
- **Category:** tribal-affairs
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Indian Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 48451
- **CFR reference:** 43 CFR 4
- **Publication date:** 2015-08-13
- **Effective date:** 2015-09-14
- **Interior docket:** 156A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G
## Abstract

The Office of the Secretary is publishing this final rule contemporaneously and in conjunction with the Bureau of Indian Affairs final rulemaking (the BIA final rule) revising the process and criteria for Federal acknowledgment of Indian tribes. This rule establishes procedures for a new optional, expedited hearing process for petitioners who receive a negative proposed finding for Federal acknowledgment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/08/13/2015-19612/hearing-process-concerning-acknowledgment-of-american-indian-tribes)
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