STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1307

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 183

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. 183 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND CONGRESS TO SUPPORT AND PASS THE FILIPINO VETERANS FAMILY REUNIFICATION ACT OF 2013,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate reunification of Filipino veterans with their families by urging the President and all members of Congress to support and pass the Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2013 to exempt the children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas.   

Several concerned individuals testified in support of 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. 183 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