STAND. COM. REP. NO.  594

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1438

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1438 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the commemoration of the centennial anniversary of World War I.

State Office of Veterans' Services; Oahu Veterans Center; Military Order of the World Wars, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.

     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. 1438 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your 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