STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1543-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.C.R. No. 167
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:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIVE HAWAIIANS AS TRADITIONAL, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HOLDERS AND RECOGNIZING THEIR COLLECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS,"
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.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,
____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
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