Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.R. No. 26 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request Hawaii's congressional delegation to seek federal grants from the United States Office for Domestic Preparedness for the State Department of Defense.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Department of Defense.

The goal of the federal Office for Domestic Preparedness grant program is to provide funding to enhance the capacity of state and local jurisdictions to prevent, respond to, and recover from incidents of terrorism involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive weapons and cyber attacks. The State Department of Defense has sought an appropriation of $45,000,000 in the Regular Session of 2006.

Your Committee finds that any federal grants to the State Department of Defense to provide homeland security would immensely help the State's civil defense plans.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 26 and recommends its adoption.