STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1665

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 131
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 131 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE
     CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PASS LAWS TO PROHIBIT
     AMERICAN COMPANIES FROM MANUFACTURING GOODS USING CHILD
     LABOR OR FROM PURCHASING GOODS FROM FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS
     THAT USE CHILD LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the
President and the Congress of the United States to enact laws to
prohibit American companies from manufacturing goods using child
labor or from purchasing goods from manufacturers in foreign
countries that exploit child labor.

     Hawaii Kids Count, Center on the Family, and the Hawaii Area
Program of the American Friends Service Committee testified in
support of this concurrent resolution.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
concurrent resolution by adding a provision that urges the
President and the Congress of the United States to promote the
education of these exploited child laborers who will be
consequently unemployed.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of

 
 
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H.C.R. No. 131, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair