STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1479-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.C.R. No. 8

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 8 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DISPLAY OF THE PRISONER OF WAR AND MISSING IN ACTION FLAG AT THE STATE CAPITOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Public Safety, Sheriff Division, fly the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia's flag year-round at the State Capitol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the 101st Congress of the United States passed Public Law 101-355, recognizing the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia's flag as "the symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the rates of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia, thus ending the uncertainty for their families and the Nation". Your Committee further finds that the importance of the flag lies in its continued visibility, making it a constant reminder of the plight of America's prisoners of war and missing in action.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 8 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair