STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1236_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 53
                                     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 Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.R. No. 53 entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII CONGRESSIONAL
     DELEGATION'S SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHMENT
     OF A NATIONAL GUARD RAPID ASSESSMENT AND INITIAL DETECTION
     TEAM IN HAWAII TO ASSIST THE STATE IN RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR,
     BIOLOGICAL, OR CHEMICAL THREATS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the support of
Hawaii's Congressional Delegation for the designation and
establishment of a Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection (RAID)
team in Hawaii.

     The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and the Department of
Defense's State Civil Service Division testified in support of
this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the recent anthrax hoax in
Honolulu have underscored the critical need in Hawaii for a fully
capable National Guard RAID team.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of H.R. No. 53, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 53, H.D. 1.

 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair