STAND. COM. REP. NO.  312-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3381

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 3381 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT TO THE USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR REPAIRS AND RESTORATION OF THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support efforts to protect and preserve our nation's rich historical legacy by appropriating funds for a grant-in-aid to the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc., for industrial-level maintenance work on the Battleship Missouri.

     Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Local 996, Asian Pacific Advisors, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Office of Veterans Services of the Department of Defense supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3381 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair