STAND. COM. REP. NO.  267

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 679

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 679 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the health of Native Hawaiians through education, research, and community initiatives that enable Native Hawaiians to successfully pursue careers in medicine and other health professions by appropriating $700,000 to the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence.

The Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 679 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair