STAND. COM. REP. NO. 316-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 886

H.D. 1

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. 886 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to preserve, perpetuate, and share the legacy of the Filipino veterans, including those from the Philippines, United States, and Territory of Hawaii, who served loyally alongside the Allied forces in World War II by:

(1) Requiring the Office of Veterans' Services, with the assistance of the Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense, to plan, design, and establish a Filipino Veterans Legacy Exhibit as a permanent exhibit at the Honolulu International Airport; and

(2) Providing funds for the planning, designing, and establishment of the Exhibit.

The Office of Veterans Services, Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Filipina Advocacy Network, Rainbow Family 808, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Correctly referencing the Honolulu International Airport as the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to reflect the renaming of the airport in 2017;

(2) Changing its effective date to December 23, 2083, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 886, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 886, H.D. 1, 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