Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1679, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to rename Dillingham airfield as Kawaihapai airfield upon the transfer of the airfield to the State from the United States Army.

Your Committee received testimony in favor of the measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Transportation, Life of the Land, Liliuokalani Protestant Church, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that restoration and recognition of Hawaiian names of places benefit everyone by instilling cultural identity and serving as a legacy for our children.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1679, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.