Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs

1076-AF36 201704 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1076 Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Off-Reservation Trust Acquisitions and Action on Trust Acquisition Requests

This rule revises existing regulations governing off-reservation trust acquisitions to establish new items that must be included in an application and threshold criteria that must be met for off-reservation acquisitions before National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance will be required. The rule will also reinstate the 30-day delay for taking land into trust following a decision by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined No 25 CFR 151.11 25 CFR 151.12 R.S. 161: 5 U.S.C. 301 46 Stat. 1106, as amended 46 Stat. 1471, as amended 70 Stat. 290, as amended 70 Stat. 626 75 Stat. 505 77 Stat. 349 78 Stat. 389 and 747 82 Stat. 174, as amended 82 Stat. 884 84 Stat. 120 and 1874 86 Stat. 216, 530 and 744 88 Stat. 78, 81, 1716, 2203, and 2207 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 409a, 450h, 451, 464 to 465, 487 to 489, 501 to 502, 573 to 574, 576, 608, 608a, 610, 610a, 622, 624, 640d-10, 1466, and 1495 Other authorizing acts 48 Stat. 985, as amended 49 Stat. 1967, as amended 53 Stat. 1129 63 Stat. 605 69 Stat. 392, as amended ... No NPRM 09/00/2017 No No Tribal No No No No Elizabeth Appel Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs 1076 Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA 202 273-4680 elizabeth.appel@bia.gov 1849 C Street NW, Washington DC 20240