STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1239-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 64
                                     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 Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.C.R. No. 64 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY
     TO RELOCATE FROM THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO AND
     RETURN THE LAND TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIEQUES FOR CIVILIAN
     USES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the US
Navy to relocate from the island of Vieques, return the land to
the Municipality of Vieques for civilian uses, make reparations
for the destruction of the environment and to assist in social
and economic development of the people of Vieques.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from Life of the Land, HPACH, American Friends Service Committee,
and Nancy Aleck.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition
to this measure from the International Federation Professional &
Technical Engineers.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by
including the Governor of Puerto Rico, the Senate President of
Puerto Rico, Speaker of the House of Puerto Rico and the Mayor of
the Municipality of Vieques in the list of parties to receive a
certified copy of the resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached

 
 
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to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of H.C.R. No. 64, as amended herein, and recommends that
it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian
Affairs, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 64, H.D. 1.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair