STAND. COM. REP. NO. 370-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2377
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2377 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     "CONFERENCE IN THE YEAR ZERO" (FOLLOW-UP TO THE MILLENNIUM
     YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS),"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $250,000 to
ensure the safety and comfort of delegates to the "Conference in
the Year Zero" (Conference).

     Several individuals testified in support of this measure.
The Office of Youth Services submitted comments.

     The purpose of the Conference is to continue the dialogue
begun at the Millennium Young People's Congress (Congress) held
in Honolulu in October 1999, in which delegates determined key
priorities for sustaining and improving life in every nation of
the world.  The results of the first Conference will be presented
to world leaders in government, business, and the community
attending the Conference to develop implementation plans to be
presented to the United Nations.

     Your Committee finds that although many of Hawaii's
residents will act as hosts to Conference delegates, funds are
needed for planning and coordinating the stays, transportation to
and from the site, and family support expenses such as stipends

 
 
 
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for those families who would like to host delegates but have
limited funding.

     Your Committee further finds that while the Conference
provides an excellent and strategic location to follow up with
the recommendations of the Congress, a permanent Center of the
United Nations in Hawaii is needed to discuss the health,
welfare, and rights of children as basic foundations for all
children and youth, and to research pertinent issues and
alternatives concerning children and youth and propose viable
models for societal application.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Hawaii Tourism Authority to provide
          matching funds for the Conference; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2377, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2377, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



                                   ______________________________
                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair