STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1271_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 20
                                     S.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 S.C.R. No.
20, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States
Congress to exert efforts to make the visa waiver program
permanent and to add Taiwan and Korea to the program.

     Testimony was received from the Department of Transportation
and PRWorks in support of this measure.

     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 S.C.R. No. 20,
S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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



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                                   JERRY L. CHANG, Chair