Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1479, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the establishment of a National Korean War Museum in Hawaii, provided that funds from the federal government, South Korean government, Korean and United States corporations, and citizens from Hawaii and other states amount to $2 for every $1 of state funds.

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii supported this bill. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and Office of Veterans Services supported the intent of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1479, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.