STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2875

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3357

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations that serve Native Hawaiians.

Specifically, this measure appropriates funds to certain state departments to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that address issues facing the Native Hawaiian community.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Friends of Iolani Palace, Oahu Economic Development Board, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and five individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Budget and Finance; and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that the grants provided under this measure address a broad range of issues faced by the Native Hawaiian community, including food sustainability, economic development, mitigation of tourism impacts, cultural training, repatriation and reburial of Native Hawaiians, and historic preservation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 3357, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3357, 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