STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1483

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.C.R. No. 6

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 6 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC LAW 103-150, RECOGNIZING THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECONCILIATION AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, REAFFIRMING THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO FURTHER THE SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Apology Resolution, Public Law 103-150;

     (2)  Recognize the progress that has been made towards reconciliation and Native Hawaiian self-governance and self-determination;

     (3)  Reaffirm the State's commitment to reconciliation with the Native Hawaiian people for historical injustices;

     (4)  Urge the federal government to advance reconciliation efforts with Native Hawaiians; and

     (5)  Express the Legislature's support of efforts to further the self-determination and sovereignty of Native Hawaiians.  

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Papakolea Community Development Corporation, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Center of Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies opposed this measure.  A concerned individual offered comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 6, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 6, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair