Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 170 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support veterans by requesting the United State House of Representatives to pass H.R. 4259, the Veterans' Right to Know Act (Act).

Specifically, this Act would create a commission to bring relief and notification to veterans involved in Project 112 and the Shipboard Hazard and Defense Project and other incidents of chemical or biological testing so that these veterans may receive proper medical treatment and consideration for any service-related disability compensation.

The Office of Veterans Services, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., Radiated Veterans of America, Inc., and several concerned citizens supported this measure.

Your Committees find that veterans need and deserve the assistance of a commission to determine the scope and effects of chemical and biological weapons that may have harmed veterans and their descendants.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 170 and recommend its adoption.