---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 300314"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "300314"
heading: "Native Hawaiian organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/300314"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division A — Historic Preservation"
  - "Subdivision 1 — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 3003 — Definitions"
---

# §300314. Native Hawaiian organization

- (a) **In general.—** In this division, the term “Native Hawaiian organization” means any organization that—
  - (1) serves and represents the interests of Native Hawaiians;
  - (2) has as a primary and stated purpose the provision of [services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) to Native Hawaiians; and
  - (3) has demonstrated expertise in aspects of [historic](/usc/54/308601.md?p=2) preservation that are culturally significant to Native Hawaiians.
- (b) **Inclusions.—** In this division, the term “Native Hawaiian organization” includes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs of Hawaii and Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, an organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Hawaii.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3190.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 300314 | 16 U.S.C. 470w(18). | Pub. L. 89–665, title III, § 301(18), as added Pub. L. 102–575, title XL, § 4019(a), Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4764. |