STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1348

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 86

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 86 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE FILIPINO VETERANS FAMILY REUNIFICATION ACT OF 2009, OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION, TO EXPEDITE FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to expedite family reunification for certain Filipino veterans of World War II by urging the President of the United States to support the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2009 that exempts children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitation on immigrant visas.  The measure also supports similar legislation.

     Filipinos For Affirmative Action, Filipino American Citizens League, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, National Federation of Filipino American Associations Region XII, Oahu Filipino Community Council, and the United Filipino Council of Hawaii supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 86 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on International Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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for HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair