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kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 47.20"
title: "43"
number: "47.20"
heading: "What factors will the Secretary consider in analyzing a land exchange?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/47.20"
---

# §47.20. What factors will the Secretary consider in analyzing a land exchange?


The Secretary may approve an exchange only after making a determination that the exchange will advance the interests of the beneficiaries. In considering whether a land exchange will advance the interests of the beneficiaries, the Secretary will evaluate the extent to which it will:

- (a) Achieve better management of Hawaiian home lands;
- (b) **Meet the needs of HHCA beneficiaries and their economic circumstances by promoting—**
  - (1) Homesteading opportunities,
  - (2) economic self-sufficiency, and,
  - (3) social well-being;
- (c) Promote development of Hawaiian home lands for residential, agricultural, and pastoral use;
- (d) Protect cultural resources and watersheds;
- (e) Consolidate lands or interests in lands, such as agricultural and timber interests, for more logical and efficient management and development;
- (f) Expand homestead communities;
- (g) Accommodate land use authorizations;
- (h) Address HHCA beneficiary needs; and
- (i) **Advance other identifiable interests of the beneficiaries consistent with the HHCA.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: State of Hawai'i Admission Act, 73 Stat. 4, approved March 18, 1959; Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, Act of July 9, 1921, 42 Stat. 108; Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act, 1995, 109 Stat. 537, 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 43 U.S.C. 1457; 112 Departmental Manual 28.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 29788, May 13, 2016, unless otherwise noted.