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responsibilities are already fully 

specified in the existing funding 

agreement with the Office of SelfGovernance (OSG), an MOU is not 

necessary. To the extent that the parties 

desire specific program standards, an 

MOU will be negotiated between the 

Tribe/Consortium and BTFA, which 

will be binding on both parties and 

attached and incorporated into the OSG 

funding agreement. If a Tribe/ 

Consortium decides to assume the 

operation of a BTFA program, the new 

funding for performing that program 

will come from BTFA program dollars. 

A Tribe’s newly assumed operation of 

the BTFA program(s) will be reflected in 

the Tribe’s OSG funding agreement. 

H. Eligible Appraisal and Valuation 

Services Office Programs 

The mission of the Appraisal and 

Valuation Services Office (AVSO) is to 

provide credible, timely, and efficient 

valuation services to ensure the 

Department’s fiduciary responsibilities 

are met for Tribes and beneficiaries in 

trust and restricted-fee real property 

transactions, and to uphold public trust 

in Federal real property transactions. 

AVSO provides appraisal, valuation, 

mineral evaluation, and real property 

consulting expertise to Indian 

beneficiaries, Federal clients, and other 

stakeholders in accordance with the 

highest professional and ethical 

standards and is responsible for all real 

property appraisal and valuation 

services within the Department of the 

Interior. AVSO is comprised of three 

regions (Western, Central and Eastern) 

serving all of Indian Country as well as 

all DOI bureaus, agencies and offices. 

AVSO’s Mineral Evaluations Division is 

tasked with providing mineral 

assessments and evaluations for DOI. 

These and other activities may be 

available for inclusion in selfgovernance funding agreements 

depending upon availability of funds, 

the need for specific services, and the 

self-governance Tribe’s demonstration 

of a special geographic, cultural, or 

historical significance. Tribes may 

obtain further information on specific 

activities that may be available for 

inclusion in a self-governance funding 

agreement. 

Some elements of the following nonexclusive list of AVSO programs, 

functions, services and activities may be 

eligible for inclusion in a selfgovernance funding agreement: 

• Appraisal and valuation functions 

for Indian trust and restricted fee real 

property; 

• Appraisal review function for 

appraisals prepared for Departmental 

use; 

• Appraisal and valuation functions 

for Federal real property; 

• Appraisals and evaluation functions 

for Indian and Federal minerals; and 

• Real property consultation services. 

The MOU between the Tribe/ 

Consortium and AVSO outlines the 

roles and responsibilities for the 

performance of the AVSO program by 

the Tribe/Consortium. An MOU will be 

negotiated between the Tribe/ 

Consortium and AVSO, which will be 

binding on both parties and attached 

and incorporated into the OSG funding 

agreement. If a Tribe/Consortium 

decides to assume the operation of an 

AVSO program, the new funding for 

performing that program will come from 

AVSO program dollars. A Tribe’s newlyassumed operation of an AVSO program 

will be reflected in the Tribe’s OSG 

funding agreement. 

IV. Principles Governing Non-BIA SelfGovernance Programs Eligible for 

Inclusion in Self-Governance Funding 

Agreements 

Based on feedback from Consultation, 

the Department includes in this year’s 

Federal Register Notice general 

guidance on principles governing nonBIA self-governance programs eligible 

for inclusion in self-governance funding 

agreements. As a foundational matter, 

self-governance compacts may include 

Federal programs, services, functions, or 

activities administered by the 

Department other than through the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs that are 

otherwise available to Indian tribes or 

Indians. Self-governance compacts may 

also include other programs, services, 

functions, and activities, or portions 

thereof which are of special geographic, 

historical, or cultural significance to the 

participating Indian tribe requesting a 

compact. The Department has 

interpreted this language as granting the 

government discretion to fund programs 

that may coincidentally benefit Indians 

but that are national in scope and are 

not by definition programs for the 

benefit of Indians because of their status 

as Indians. 

Pursuant to S.O. 3403, the 

Departments’ agencies have a directive 

to facilitate agreements with Tribes to 

collaborate in the co-stewardship of 

Federal lands and waters and to 

strengthen Tribal homelands. Pursuant 

to Executive Order 13175, in 

implementing the Act the Department 

supports Tribal sovereignty and selfdetermination and encourages Indian 

Tribes to develop their own policies to 

achieve the objectives of the Act for 

non-BIA Programs. Where possible, the 

Department will defer to Indian Tribes 

to establish standards for non-BIA 

Programs. Together, these policy 

documents demonstrate, and the 

Department reiterates, a desire to further 

inclusion of non-BIA programs in selfgovernance funding agreements. 

V. Programmatic Target for Fiscal Year 

2025 

The programmatic target for Fiscal 

Year 2025 provides that, upon request of 

a self-governance Tribe, each non-BIA 

bureau will negotiate funding 

agreements for its eligible programs 

beyond those already negotiated. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A51010.999900] 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2026 or Calendar Year 2026 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Self-Governance 

(OSG) establishes a March 1, 2025, 

deadline for Indian tribes/consortia to 

submit completed applications to begin 

participation in the tribal selfgovernance program in fiscal year 2026 

or calendar year 2026. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 1, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications to 

Sharee M. Freeman, Director, Office of 

Self-Governance, Department of the 

Interior, Mail Stop 3259- MIB, 1849 C 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vickie Hanvey, Office of Self 

Governance, (mail to: Vickie.Hanvey@

bia.gov); Telephone (918) 931–0745. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 25 

U.S.C. 5362(b) of the Practical Reforms 

and Other Goals To Reinforce the 

Effectiveness of Self-Governance and 

Self-Determination (PROGRESS Act), 

the Secretary, acting through the 

Director of the Office of SelfGovernance, may select not more than 


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50 new Indian Tribes per year from 

those eligible tribes. The application 

deadline listed in the DATES section is 

predicated upon providing the parties 

enough time to complete funding 

agreement negotiations in advance of 

the fiscal year or calendar year start date 

of the 2026 funding agreement. The 

PROGRESS Act mandates that copies of 

the funding agreements be sent at least 

90 days before the proposed effective 

date to each Tribe that is served by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and wants to 

participate in a funding agreement. 

Initial negotiations with a Tribe/ 

consortium located in a region and/or 

agency which has not previously been 

involved with self-governance 

negotiations will take approximately 2 

months from start to finish. Agreements 

for an October 1 to September 30 

funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by July 1. Agreements for a 

January 1 to December 31 need to be 

signed and submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

Under 25 U.S.C. 5362(c), which 

supersedes the eligibility criteria in 25 

CFR part 1000, subpart B, to be eligible 

to participate in self-governance, an 

Indian Tribe must: 

(1) successfully complete the 

planning phase outlined below; 

(2) request participation in selfgovernance by resolution or other 

official 

action by the Tribal governing body; 

and 

(3) demonstrate for the 3 fiscal years 

preceding the date on which the Tribe 

requests participation, fiscal stability 

and financial management capability as 

evidenced by the Indian Tribe having no 

uncorrected significant and internal 

audit exceptions in the required annual 

audit of its self-determination or selfgovernance agreements with any 

Federal agency. 

An Indian Tribe seeking to begin 

participation in self-governance must 

complete the planning phase. The 

planning phase must: 

(1) be conducted to the satisfaction of 

the Indian Tribe; and 

(2) include: 

(i) legal and budgetary research; and 

(ii) internal Tribal governing 

planning, training, and organizational 

preparation. 

Applicants should be guided by the 

referenced requirements in preparing 

their applications to begin participation 

in the tribal self-governance program in 

fiscal year 2026 and calendar year 2026. 

Copies of these requirements may be 

obtained from the information contact 

person identified in this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2026 or calendar year 2026 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

tribes/consortia which are one of the 

142 tribal entities with signed selfgovernance agreements. 

Information Collection 

This information collection is 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0143, Tribal Self-Governance 

Program, which expires February 28, 

2026. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30289 Filed 12–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A51010.999900] 

Proclaiming Certain Lands as 

Reservation for Kickapoo Traditional 

Tribe of Texas 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of reservation 

proclamation. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

that the Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs proclaimed approximately 

199.73 acres, more or less, an addition 

to the reservation of the Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas. 

DATES: This proclamation was made on 

December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carla Clark, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Division of Real Estate Services, 1001 

Indian School Road NW, Box #44, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104, 

carla.clark@bia.gov, (505) 563–3132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Departmental Manual. 

A proclamation was issued according 

to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984; 

25 U.S.C. 5110) for the lands described 

below. The lands are proclaimed to be 

the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas 

Reservation for the Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas in Maverick 

County, Texas. 

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas 

Reservation, Maverick County, Texas, 

Legal Descriptions Containing 199.73 

Acres, More or Less 

Bowles Property 840 ST 1004 

The land is described as surface and 

surface rights only in and to a 199.73 

acres tract of land described as a tract 

of land lying in Maverick County 

located in the following original 

surveys: 

Original Grantee, G.C.&S.F.RR. Co. 

Survey 1, Abstract 1008, acres 114.07; 

Original Grantee, Winchester Kelso, 

Survey 2, Abstract 1301, acres 83.38; 

Original Grantee, Adolph Haun, 

Survey 33, Abstract 143, acres 2.28 for 

a combined total of 199.73 surface acres. 

Described as a 199.73 acres tract in 

conveyance document to the Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas recorded in 

Volume 667, Pages 370-et seq. of the 

Maverick County Official Public 

Records, Maverick County, Texas and 

being further described by metes and 

bounds as follows: (the bearings are 

geodetic north (true north), distances 

and areas shown hereon are surface, the 

scale factor to convert from grid to 

surface is 1.00009324879955236, 

corners called for as being set are 

marked on the ground with 1/2’’ steel 

stakes with plastic identifications caps 

stamped ‘‘DIRKSEN/6260’’ attached 

unless otherwise noted or shown). 

Commencing from the ostensible east 

corner of the Winchester Kelso, Survey 

2, Abstract 1301; 

Thence S44°50′15′′ W 172 feet with 

the southeast line of Survey 2; 

Thence N45°09′44′′ W 1157 feet to a 

steel stake set for The Point of 

Beginning in the northwest intersection 

of Rosita Valley Road with El Indio 

Highway for a northeast corner of the 

herein described tract; 

Thence S44°41′21′′ W 3428.67 feet 

with the north right of way line of 

Rosita Valley Road to a steel stake found 

at the southeast corner of Tract 1, Block 

9 of the Riverside Acres Subdivision as 

shown on the plat recorded in Envelope 

72, Side A of the Maverick County Plat 

Records for an east corner of the herein 

described tract; 

Thence N45°10′44′′ W 1466.07 feet to 

a steel stake found marked ‘‘RPLS 4134’’ 

at north corner of said Tract 1, Block 9 

for a reentrant corner of the herein 

described tract; 

Thence S44°36′03′′ W 6965.15 feet, 

with the north line of said Riverside 

Acres Subdivision at 6914.50 feet 

passing a steel stake set in line for a 

reference and continuing to a point on 

the left bank of the Rio Grande River for 

the southwest corner of the herein 

described tract; 


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