Rules and regulations

Except as may be specifically authorized in this subsection, or in any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not promulgate any regulation, nor impose any nonregulatory requirement, relating to self-determination contracts or the approval, award, or declination of such contracts, except that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may promulgate regulations under this chapter relating to chapter 171 of title 28, commonly known as the “Federal Tort Claims Act”, chapter 71 of title 41, declination and waiver procedures, appeal procedures, reassumption procedures, discretionary grant procedures for grants awarded under section 5322 of this title , property donation procedures arising under section 5324(f) of this title , internal agency procedures relating to the implementation of this chapter, retrocession and tribal organization relinquishment procedures, contract proposal contents, conflicts of interest, construction, programmatic reports and data requirements, procurement standards, property management standards, and financial management standards.

( Pub. L. 93–638, title I, § 107 , Jan. 4, 1975 , 88 Stat. 2212 ; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b) , Oct. 17, 1979 , 93 Stat. 695 ; Pub. L. 100–472, title II, § 207 , Oct. 5, 1988 , 102 Stat. 2295 ; Pub. L. 101–644, title II, § 203(f) , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4666 ; Pub. L. 103–413, title I, § 105 , Oct. 25, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4269 ; Pub. L. 103–435, § 22(a)(1) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4575 ; Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(c)(2) , Nov. 2, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4589 ; Pub. L. 104–133, § 1 , Apr. 25, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1320 ; Pub. L. 104–287, § 6(e) , Oct. 11, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3399 .)