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§ 1604. Enrollment
(a) Eligible Natives; finality of decision
(b) Residence; order of priority in enrollment of Natives not permanent residents; regional family or hardship enrollment
The roll prepared by the Secretary shall show for each Native, among other things, the region and the village or other place in which he resided on the date of the 1970 census enumeration, and he shall be enrolled according to such residence. Except as provided in subsection (c), a Native eligible for enrollment who is not, when the roll is prepared, a permanent resident of one of the twelve regions established pursuant to section 1606(a) of this title shall be enrolled by the Secretary in one of the twelve regions, giving priority in the following order to—
(1) the region where the Native resided on the 1970 census date if he had resided there without substantial interruption for two or more years;
(2) the region where the Native previously resided for an aggregate of ten years or more;
(3) the region where the Native was born; and
(4) the region from which an ancestor of the Native came: 1
1 So in original. The colon probably should be a period.
The Secretary may enroll a Native in a different region when necessary to avoid enrolling members of the same family in different regions or otherwise avoid hardship.
(c) Election of enrollment in thirteenth region, if established, of Native nonresidents; dependent household members as bound
(Pub. L. 92–203, § 5, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 690.)