(2) all 1⁄32 degree descendants of the individuals 
identified in subsection (b)(1). 
(c) FUTURE MEMBERSHIP.—After adoption of a 
Tribal constitution pursuant to this Act, the Tribe’s con-
stitution shall govern membership in the Tribe. 
(d) CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF INDIAN ANCESTRY.—For 
the purpose of subsection (b), the Secretary shall— 
(1) accept any available evidence establishing a 
person’s Dunlap Mono ancestral relationship to the 
Tribe; 
(2) accept as conclusive evidence of such ances-
try, information contained in— 
(A) any census of the Indians in or near 
Dunlap prepared by Special Indian Agents of 
the Federal Government; or 
(B) in any other roll, census, or list of In-
dians from the Dunlap area prepared by, or at 
the direction of, the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
SEC. 7. INTERIM GOVERNMENT. 
The governing body of the Tribe shall serve as In-
terim Tribal Council until the Tribe ratifies its constitu-
tion consistent with section 9. The initial membership of 
the Interim Tribal Council shall consist of the members 
of the Tribal Council elected pursuant to the Tribe’s con-
stitution as adopted on June 19, 1999, and serving on 
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the date of the enactment of this Act. The Interim Tribal 
Council shall continue to operate in the manner prescribed 
for the Tribal Council under the Tribe’s constitution as 
adopted on June 19, 1999, until the Tribe ratifies its con-
stitution pursuant to section 9. Any vacancies on the In-
terim Tribal Council shall be filled by individuals who 
meet the membership criteria set forth in section 7(b) and 
who are elected in the same manner as are Tribal Council 
members pursuant to the Tribe’s constitution. 
SEC. 8. CONSTITUTION. 
(a) ELECTION; TIME AND PROCEDURE.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct an election by secret ballot for the 
purpose of ratifying a constitution for the Tribe upon the 
written request of the Interim Tribal Council and after 
the compilation of the Tribal membership roll pursuant 
to section 7. The election shall be consistent with sections 
16(c)(1) and 16(c)(2)(A) of the Act of June 18, 1934 (the 
Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. 476(c)(1) and 
476(c)(2)(A)). Voting members shall be permitted to cast 
absentee ballots regardless of their residence. 
(b) ELECTION
OF TRIBAL OFFICIALS.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct elections by secret ballot for the pur-
pose of electing Tribal officials as provided in the Tribe’s 
constitution not later than 120 days after the Tribe rati-
fies its constitution under subsection (a). Such elections 
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shall be conducted according to the procedures specified 
in subsection (a), except to the extent that such proce-
dures conflict with the Tribe’s constitution. 
SEC. 9. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as 
are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
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