STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3242

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 47

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.R. No. 47 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS THE DANIEL K. INOUYE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to recognize the significant accomplishments and contributions of the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye by designating the Honolulu International Airport as the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Daniel K. Inouye Institute, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, decorated veteran, distinguished United States Congressman and Senator, and devoted son of the islands, recognized the importance of a fully functional state airport system that connected the individual Hawaiian Islands, connected Hawaii to the continental United States, and connected Hawaii globally to the rest of the world.

     Your Committee further finds that Senator Daniel K. Inouye was instrumental in marshalling extensive federal funds of about $30,000,000 annually to maintain and develop necessary and essential airport infrastructure; acquiring additional federal funding to build new air traffic control facilities, improve runways and taxiways, and install instrument landing systems for increased visibility and safety; and upgrading Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint facilities and equipment.

     Your Committee finds that the State should honor and preserve the legacy of Senator Daniel K. Inouye's instrumental involvement in developing Honolulu International Airport as the hub of inter-island, transpacific, and global air travel.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 47 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Energy,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair