STAND. COM. REP. NO. 739-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2698

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2698, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor the sacrifices of the men and women who served in World War I, and to remember their suffering and loss of life, by appropriating moneys to honor the one-hundredth anniversary of World War I with various programs, ceremonies, and activities.

The Office of Veterans Services, Hawaii State World War I Centennial Task Force, Military Order of the World Wars- Department of Hawaii, National Association for Uniformed Services Hawaii Chapter (HI-1), Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities, Military Order of Foreign Wars–Hawaii Commandery, Military Officers Association of America, Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States–Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to March 19, 2100, to facilitate further discussion.

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. 2698, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2698, H.D. 2, 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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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair