Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 204, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for a grant to the United Service Organizations for welcome home celebrations for members of the Hawaii national guard in the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and USO Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this grant will be of great benefit to the returning troops on the neighbor islands.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 204, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.