STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1512-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 101

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 101, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM AND THE EAST-WEST CENTER TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN HAWAII TO AID BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the East-West Center to conduct and publish an inventory of international activities in Hawaii in order to aid business, government, and civic organizations in Hawaii.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and the East-West Center offered testimony.

Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Replacing its contents with substance that:

(A) Requests that the U.S. Congress take appropriate measures to provide for the full compensation of the awards made by the nuclear claims tribunal of the Marshall Islands, and provide for the costs of cleaning up nuclear sites in the Marshall islands; and

(B) Requests that the Governor declare March 1 as a Day of Remembrance for the survivors of the United States nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands;

and;

(2) Amending its title to read: "requesting the united states congress to provide for the compensation of awards, to the fullest extent, as determined by the marshall islands nuclear claims tribunal";

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 101, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 101, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on International Affairs,

		____________________________ HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair