STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1754

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.C.R. No. 4
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs and Economic Development, to which was referred H.C.R.
No. 4, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES
     CONGRESS TO EXPAND AND MAKE PERMANENT THE TEMPORARY VISA
     WAIVER PROGRAM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND
     REFORM ACT OF 1986,"

beg leave to report as follows:
     
     The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States
Congress to make the visa waiver program permanent and to add
Taiwan, South Korea, and China to the program.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Transportation and the Hawaii
Activities and Tours Association.

     Your Committees find that experience with the visa waiver
pilot program has demonstrated the convenience and ease that the
arrangement offers to travelers, without significant detriment or
adverse results.  Adoption of the program on a permanent basis,
and the inclusion of Taiwan, South Korea, and China, would
further facilitate travel opportunities and benefit Hawaii's
tourism industry.

     Your Committees have amended this measure to make technical,
nonsubstantive amendments.

 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Economic Development that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 4,
H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form
attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 4, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs
                                   and Economic Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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