---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 48.10"
title: "43"
number: "48.10"
heading: "What is the Secretary's role in reviewing proposed amendments to the HHCA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/48.10"
---

# §48.10. What is the Secretary's role in reviewing proposed amendments to the HHCA?

- (a) The Secretary must review proposed amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) by the State of Hawai'i to determine whether the proposed amendment requires approval of Congress.
- (b) The Secretary will notify the Chairman and Congress of this determination, and if approval is required, submit to Congress the documents required by [§ 48.35(b)](/cfr/43/48.35.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: State of Hawai'i Admission Act, 73 Stat. 4, approved March 18, 1959; Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, 42 Stat. 108 et seq., 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.