---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 48.45"
title: "43"
number: "48.45"
heading: "When is a proposed amendment deemed effective?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/48.45"
---

# §48.45. When is a proposed amendment deemed effective?

- (a) If the Secretary determines that a proposed amendment meets none of the criteria in [§ 48.20](/cfr/43/48.20.md), the effective date of the proposed amendment is the date of the notification letter to the Congressional Committee Chairmen.
- (b) If the Secretary determines that the proposed amendment requires congressional approval then the effective date of the proposed amendment is the date that Congress's approval becomes law.

## 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.