STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1543-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.C.R. No. 119
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 119 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO IMMEDIATELY RATIFY THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT OF 1920, AS AMENDED, AS EMBODIED IN ACT 302, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2001, AND TO RECOGNIZE HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS SELF-GOVERNING ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the United States President and Congress to:
(1) Immediately ratify the amendments made to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended, as embodied in Act 302, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001; and
(2) Recognize Hawaiian Homestead Community Organizations as self-governing administrative authorities for their respective communities.
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, Nanakuli Hawaiian Homestead Community Association, Waianae Kai Hawaiian Homestead Association, Wai'anae Valley Homestead Community Association, and Princess Kahanu Estates Association testified in support of this concurrent resolution.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 119 and recommend its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair |
____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair |
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