STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1428-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.C.R. No. 164

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 164 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNOR OF HAWAII, HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO PROACTIVELY WORK TOWARD PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE ZIKA VIRUS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the President of the United States, Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii's congressional delegation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Federal Aviation Administration to seek funding for and mount an aggressive vector control effort to attack and hopefully eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito populations on Hawaii Island.

Numerous individuals supported this measure. The Department of Health commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 164 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair