STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1479

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 942

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 942, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to commission an artist to design and build a monument to honor and commemorate Filipino veterans of World War II.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Office of Veterans' Services, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that establishing a monument to honor and commemorate Filipino veterans of World War II would show Hawaii's gratitude to these veterans, provide a visual reminder of these veterans' unique place in American and global history, and educate the public on the role that minorities played in the outcome of World War II. 

Your Committee notes that the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts has suggested that an Art Advisory Committee for the Filipino Veterans Memorial be created.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 942, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair