---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 50.10"
title: "43"
number: "50.10"
heading: "What are the required elements of a request to reestablish a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/50.10"
---

# §50.10. What are the required elements of a request to reestablish a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States?


A request must include the following seven elements:

- (a) A written narrative with supporting documentation thoroughly describing how the Native Hawaiian community drafted the governing document, as described in [§ 50.11](/cfr/43/50.11.md);
- (b) A written narrative with supporting documentation thoroughly describing how the Native Hawaiian community determined who could participate in ratifying the governing document, consistent with [§ 50.12](/cfr/43/50.12.md);
- (c) The duly ratified governing document, as described in [§ 50.13](/cfr/43/50.13.md);
- (d) A written narrative with supporting documentation thoroughly describing how the Native Hawaiian community adopted or approved the governing document in a ratification referendum, as described in [§ 50.14](/cfr/43/50.14.md);
- (e) A written narrative with supporting documentation thoroughly describing how and when elections were conducted for government offices identified in the governing document, as described in [§ 50.15](/cfr/43/50.15.md);
- (f) A duly enacted resolution of the governing body authorizing an officer to certify and submit to the Secretary a request seeking the reestablishment of a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States; and
- (g) A certification, signed and dated by the authorized officer, stating that the submission is the request of the governing body.

## 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.