Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 167 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to recognize Native Hawaiian people as indigenous, traditional knowledge holders, and to recognize their collective intellectual property rights.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Oahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, Hawaii Civic Club of Ka'u, Ewa-Pu'uloa Hawaiian Civic Club, King Kamehameha Hawaiian Civic Club, Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club, Koani Foundation, Keala Pono, and a number of individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your committee finds that the Native Hawaiian people are recognized as indigenous, traditional knowledge holders and that they have collective intellectual property rights based upon the traditional cultural knowledge developed over thousands of years and passed down from generation to generation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 167 and recommends its adoption.