STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1351-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 41

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 41 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO GRANT VETERANS BENEFITS TO FILIPINO VETERANS WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II BUT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DENIED THE BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY WERE ENTITLED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor those Filipino veterans who served the United States so courageously during World War II by urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to grant veterans benefits to Filipino veterans who fought in World War II but were subsequently denied the promised benefits to which they were entitled.

The Mayor of the County of Maui, Office of Veterans' Services, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 41 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair