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[CITE: 25USC711b]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
                        CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
 
     SUBCHAPTER XXX-A--SILETZ INDIAN TRIBE: RESTORATION OF FEDERAL 
                               SUPERVISION
 
Sec. 711b. Membership roll


(a) Opening; duty of Secretary, Interim Council, and tribal officials

    The final membership roll is declared open. The Secretary, the 
Interim Council, and tribal officials under the tribal constitution and 
bylaws shall take such measures as will insure the continuing accuracy 
of the membership roll.

(b) Prerequisites for inclusion

    (1) Until after the initial election of tribal officers under the 
tribal constitution and bylaws, a person shall be a member of the tribe 
and his name shall be placed on the membership roll if he is living and 
if--
        (A) his name is listed on the final membership roll;
        (B) he was entitled on August 13, 1954, to be on the final 
    membership roll but his name was not listed on that roll; or
        (C) he is a descendant of a person specified in subparagraph (A) 
    or (B) and possesses at least one-fourth degree of blood of members 
    of the tribe or their Siletz Indian ancestors.

    (2) After the initial election of tribal officials under the tribal 
constitution and bylaws, the provisions of the tribal constitution and 
bylaws shall govern membership in the tribe.

(c) Verification of descendancy, age, and blood; appeal; finality of 
        determination; possession of enrollment records and materials

    (1) Before election of the Interim Council, verification of 
descendancy, age, and blood shall be made upon oath before the Secretary 
and his determination thereon shall be final.
    (2) After election of the Interim Council and before the initial 
election of the tribal officials, verification of descendancy, age, and 
blood shall be made upon oath before the Interim Council, or its 
authorized representative. A member of the tribe, with respect to the 
inclusion of any name, and any person, with respect to the exclusion of 
his name, may appeal to the Secretary, who shall make a final 
determination of each such appeal within ninety days after an appeal has 
been filed with him. The determination of the Secretary with respect to 
an appeal under this paragraph shall be final.
    (3) After the initial election of tribal officials, the provisions 
of the tribal constitution and bylaws shall govern the verification of 
any requirements for membership in the tribe, and the Secretary and the 
Interim Council shall deliver their records and files, and any other 
material relating to enrollment matters, to the tribal governing body.

(d) Franchisement

    For purposes of sections 711c and 711d of this title, a member who 
is eighteen years of age or older is entitled and eligible to be given 
notice of, attend, participate in, and vote at, general council meetings 
and to nominate candidates for, to run for any office in, and to vote 
in, elections of members to the Interim Council and to other tribal 
councils.

(Pub. L. 95-195, Sec. 4, Nov. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1416.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 711, 711c, 711d of this 
title.
