STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1367-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 45

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 45 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER PERSISTENT AND CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SYSTEMATIC, STATE-SANCTIONED ORGAN HARVESTING FROM NON-CONSENTING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE, IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, INCLUDING FROM LARGE NUMBERS OF FALUN GONG PRACTITIONERS IMPRISONED FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MEMBERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Have the Legislative Branch of the State of Hawaii call on the Government of People's Republic of China to stop illegally harvesting organs from executed prisoners, many of which are members of the Falun Gong;

(2) Urge the United States Department of State to issue a travel warning for United States Citizens traveling to China for organ transplants, which informs them that the organs they are buying could potentially be illegally harvested; and

(3) Provide certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution to the President of the United States Senate, The Speaker of the United States House Representatives, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the United States Secretary of State, and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States.

Many concerned citizens testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 45 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair