STAND. COM. REP. NO. 901

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1116

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1116, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO COVID-19 EXPENDITURES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make emergency appropriations to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

More specifically, this measure appropriates funds for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Defense for the:

(1) Safe Travels Hawaii airport screening program;

(2) Operation of a call center for the Safe Travels Hawaii airport screening program; and

(3) Procurement, storage, and distribution of personal protective equipment to schools and other state agencies.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Defense and Hawaii Primary Care Association.

Your Committee finds that the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 116-136, provided federal funds to support state-level COVID-19 relief efforts. With the expiration of these federal moneys, your Committee finds that this measure provides additional funds needed to continue funding critical COVID-19 response programs for the remainder of fiscal year 2020-2021.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting a provision authorizing the Governor to transfer funds appropriated by the measure among all executive agencies and to transfer funds in excess of what is needed for the Department of Defense to the Governor's contingency fund;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

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 S.B. No. 1116, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1116, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair