STAND. COM. REP. NO 3178

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 35

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.R. No. 35 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO PROCLAIM 2014 AS THE YEAR OF THE WORLDWIDE VOYAGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Governor to proclaim 2014 as the Year of the Worldwide Voyage.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiian Educational Council.

     Your Committees find that the Hokule‘a is a traditional voyaging canoe that will depart on a five-year, worldwide voyage in 2014 using traditional Polynesian navigation methods.  As the Hokule‘a sails, it will bring together Pacific island communities and share Hawaii's heritage and culture with communities around the world.  Along the way, it will teach Hawaii's children about their heritage, respect for others, and environmental sustainability.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 35 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair