STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1664

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 118
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.R. No. 118 entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF
     THE UNITED STATES TO PASS LAWS TO PROHIBIT AMERICAN
     COMPANIES FROM MANUFACTURING GOODS USING CHILD LABOR OR FROM
     PURCHASING GOODS FROM FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS THAT USE CHILD
     LABOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to urge the President and
the Congress of the United States to enact laws to prohibit
American companies from manufacturing goods using child labor or
from purchasing goods from manufacturers in foreign countries
that exploit child labor.

     Hawaii Kids Count, Center on the Family, and the Hawaii Area
Program of the American Friends Service Committee testified in
support of this resolution.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
resolution by adding a provision that urges the President and the
Congress of the United States to promote the education of these
exploited child laborers who will be consequently unemployed.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of

 
 
 
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H.R. No. 118, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 118, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair