STAND. COM. REP. NO.  105

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1119

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1119 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding to cover the funeral and burial costs of Filipino veterans of World War II, including the cost of returning the deceased veteran's remains to the Philippines for burial, in accordance with the veteran's final wishes.

The Consulate General of the Republic of the Philippines in Hawaii; National Association for Uniformed Services, Hawaii Chapter; WWII Fil-Am Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary, Hawaii Chapter; and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1119 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 Veterans, Military, International Affairs & Culture and the Arts,

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KEN ITO, Chair