STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1282-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 226

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 226 entitled:

"HOUSE concurrent RESOLUTION INCLUDING HAWAIIAN NATIONALS AS A POPULATION RESIDING IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Include Hawaiian Nationals, defined by citizenship or subjectship in the Hawaiian Kingdom, as a population residing in the Hawaiian Islands; and

     (2)  Resolve that the Hawaiian Nationals are an authentic body politic, having the right to organize and restore their national government of, by, and for the people of the Hawaiian Islands.

The Committee on Hawaiian Nationals, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies and a few individuals provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a few individuals provided comments on 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 226 and recommends that it 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