42 USC § 3057k - “Native Hawaiian” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3057k"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3057k - “Native Hawaiian” defined"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3057k"
section_name: "“Native Hawaiian” defined"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Native Hawaiian Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 625, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 171, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 963.)"
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# § 3057k. “Native Hawaiian” defined

For the purpose of this part, the term “Native Hawaiian” means any individual any of whose ancestors were natives of the area which consists of the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title VI, § 625, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title I, § 171, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 963.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except not applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under  or any State plan submitted under  and approved for any fiscal year beginning before , see section 701(a), (b) of , set out as an Effective Date of 1987 Amendment note under .