STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1750-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.C.R. No. 59
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.C.R. No. 59 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION AS AN OBSERVER IN THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION; ENCOURAGING A U.S.-TAIWAN BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT; AND CELEBRATING THE STATE OF HAWAII'S TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SISTER-STATE RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Prior to the hearing, your Committee circulated a proposed House Draft 1 and accepted testimony on the Proposed House Draft 1. As proposed, the purpose of this measure is to support the Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018. This act provides American citizenship for foreign-born adoptees who were adopted by American parents and raised in the United States.
Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the language contained in the Proposed House Draft 1.
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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 59, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 59, H.D. 1.
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 |
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