CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 200-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3357

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to require certain departments and agencies to provide grants to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations that have experience and expertise in supporting and advancing Native Hawaiian communities.

Your Committee on Conference finds that food sustainability, economic development, mitigation of tourism impacts, cultural training, repatriation and reburial of Native Hawaiians, historic preservation, as well as other important cultural tasks need further funding. This measure provides grants to relevant organizations.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Broadening the requirements for qualifying for the grant;

(2) Removing the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations from the appropriation; and

(3) Inserting an appropriation of $2,000,000, with $1,500,000 allocated to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and a $500,000 allocated to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA Co-Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Chair
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair