STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1624

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 130

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 130 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WAR IN THE PACIFIC MEMORIAL AT THE PEARL HARBOR VISITOR CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to recognize and honor those who fought the battles of World War II in the Pacific Theater, including the more than 100,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives in these conflicts, by urging Congress to support the construction of a War in the Pacific Memorial at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.

The US Navy League-Honolulu Council supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 130 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair