STAND. COM. REP. NO. 56

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 7
                                     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 Tourism, to which was referred H.R. No. 7
entitled:

     "HOUSE 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to urge the United States
Congress to expand and make permanent the temporary Visa Waiver
Program established under the Immigration Control and Reform Act
of 1986.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
fro the Department of Transportation.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
resolution to extend the visa waiver program to include China.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Tourism that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 7, as
amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 7,
H.D. 1.


 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Tourism,



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                                   JERRY L. CHANG, Chair