STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1393

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 164

      H.D. 1

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. 164 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT FISCAL CRISIS AND MITIGATE ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE MILITARY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN HAWAII AND ACROSS THE NATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States President and Congress to agree upon an appropriations bill that will address the current fiscal crisis.

This measure also requests that the appropriations bill mitigate the expected funding cuts on the military and the United States Department of Defense civilian employees in Hawaii and the nation.

Prior to the public hearing, a proposed draft was circulated for public review and comment.

The purpose of the H.C.R. No. 164, H.D. 1 (Proposed) is to acknowledge and express the Legislature's gratitude for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System in protecting Hawaii and the nation.

The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the recent ballistic missile-launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea further demonstrates the need for a missile defense system to protect Hawaii and the nation.  The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is currently being developed and tested on Kauai and this measure expresses the Legislature's support of the system and need for the United States to fully develop the system so that it can protect the State and the nation from foreign missile attacks.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with the contents of the proposed draft of H.C.R. No. 164, H.D. 1 and amending its title to reflect the amended measure's new purpose.

     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. 164, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 164, H.D. 1.

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

____________________________

K. MARK TAKAI, Chair