STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1443

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 174
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 174 entitled:

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF
     HAWAII TO REMIND ELIGIBLE MALES OF THEIR SELECTIVE SERVICE
     REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
University of Hawaii to take positive steps to remind eligible
males of their United States Selective Service registration
obligation at all appropriate moments, including pre-admission
enrollment and registration.

     In addition, this measure requests the University of Hawaii
to submit a report to the Legislature, prior to the regular
session of 2000, on the steps that the University has taken to
provide these registration reminders.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the University of Hawaii and the Selective Service System.

     Your Committee finds that all male United States citizens
are required to register with the United States Selective Service
System within thirty days of their eighteenth birthday.  Although
approximately eighty-five per cent of eligible males in Hawaii

 
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have completed the registration process, Hawaii still holds one
of the lowest compliance rates in the country.  This measure is
intended to promote awareness of and compliance with the
Selective Service System registration requirement mandated by
federal law.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R.
No. 174, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Higher Education,



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                                   DAVID MORIHARA, Chair

 
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