STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1130

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 200

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 200 entitled:

"SENATE 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 and intent of this measure is to urge the President of the United States 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.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Veterans of Foreign Wars, Papa Ola Lokahi, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii plays a crucial role in the United States' security strategy for the Pacific.  Your Committee further finds that in Hawaii, the military's presence is a critical component of the State's economy, with the direct and indirect impacts of defense spending estimated at more than $14,700,000,000 and accounting for more than 102,000 jobs.  This measure is necessary to encourage agreement on an appropriations bill to address the current fiscal crisis, since sequestration has had serious, adverse impacts on the military and Department of Defense civilian populations in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 200 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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WILL ESPERO, Chair