STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1471

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 Ways and Means, 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 and the United States Congress to reach an agreement on an appropriations bill to mitigate any negative impacts on the military and the federal Department of Defense civilian population in Hawaii and across the nation.

     Your Committee finds that the military's influence on Hawaii's economy is profound, second only to the influence of tourism.  Absent a federal appropriations bill, the current fiscal crisis resulting from the recent federal budget cuts under the Budget Control Act of 2011, also known as sequestration, threatens to severely impact the State, causing job losses, furloughs, and decreased investment and economic activity.  Your Committee believes this measure appropriately encourages agreement on an appropriations bill to avoid the harsh effects of sequestration in the State and across the nation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 200 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair