---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 50.1"
title: "43"
number: "50.1"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/50.1"
---

# §50.1. What is the purpose of this part?


This part sets forth the Department's administrative procedure and criteria for reestablishing a formal government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community that will allow:

- (a) The Native Hawaiian community to more effectively exercise its inherent sovereignty and self-determination; and
- (b) **The United States to more effectively implement and administer—**
  - (1) The special political and trust relationship that exists between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community, as recognized by Congress; and
  - (2) The Federal programs, services, and benefits that Congress created specifically for the Native Hawaiian community (see, e.g., [12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b](/usc/12/1715z-13b.md); [20 U.S.C. 80q](/usc/20/80q.md) et seq.; [20 U.S.C. 7511](/usc/20/7511.md) et seq.; [25 U.S.C. 3001](/usc/25/3001.md) et seq.; [25 U.S.C. 4221](/usc/25/4221.md) et seq.; [42 U.S.C. 2991](/usc/42/2991.md) et seq.; [42 U.S.C. 3057g](/usc/42/3057g.md) et seq.; [42 U.S.C. 11701](/usc/42/11701.md) et seq.; [54 U.S.C. 302706](/usc/54/302706.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9; 25 U.S.C. 479a, 479a-1 (2015) (reclassified to 25 U.S.C. 5130, 5131 (2016)); 43 U.S.C. 1457; Pub. L. 67-34, 42 Stat. 108, as amended; Pub. L. 86-3, 73 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 103-150, 107 Stat. 1510; sec. 148, Pub. L. 108-199, 118 Stat. 445; 112 Departmental Manual 28.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 71318, Oct. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.