Code of Federal Regulations · Section
§ 136.41 — Definitions
42 C.F.R. § 136.41
For purposes of making appointments to vacancies in all positions in the Indian Health Service, a preference will be extended to persons of Indian descent who are:
(a) Members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction;
(b) Descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation;
(c) All others of one-half or more Indian blood of tribes indigenous to the United States;
(d) Eskimos and other aboriginal people of Alaska; or
(e) Until January 4, 1990, or until the Osage Tribe has formally organized, whichever comes first, a person of at least one-quarter degree Indian ancestry of the Osage Tribe of Indians, whose rolls were closed by an act of Congress.
Authorizing Statute
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Employment of Indians25 U.S.C. § 44
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Regulations42 U.S.C. § 2003
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Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund25 U.S.C. § 1621a
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Expenditure of appropriations by Bureau25 U.S.C. § 13