STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3658

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 83

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 83 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT CO-STEWARDSHIP OF WAHI KUPUNA WITH THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY WITH REGARDS TO LANDS UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the United States government to support co-stewardship of wahi kūpuna with the Native Hawaiian community with regards to lands under federal, state, and local government authority.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committees find that the preservation, protection, and stewardship of land, watersheds, ocean resources, and significant cultural sites is of the highest importance to Hawaiian culture. Wahi kūpuna are ancestral, physical locations significant to the Native Hawaiian community as strongholds of culture and knowledge. However, wahi kūpuna are disproportionately underfunded within the private and public sectors of Hawaii. The purpose of this resolution is to urge the United States government to support the co-stewardship of wahi kūpuna with the Native Hawaiian community with regard to lands under government authority.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 83 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair