Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1784, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen Hawaii's role in international affairs by creating a task force to study this role and to make recommendations for the establishment of an Office of International Affairs.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this bill with budgetary concerns.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1; and

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. 1784, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1784, H.D. 2.