STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1613

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.R. No. 44
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 44, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
     STATES TO ESTABLISH THE STATE OF HAWAII AS A GLOBAL
     LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH ON THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND
     EXTINCT SPECIES ISSUES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the President of
the United States to establish the State of Hawaii as a global
laboratory for research on threatened, endangered, and extinct
species issues.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Board of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural
Resources, which is charged with the protection and recovery of
Hawaii's unique plants and animals, is currently working with a
consortium of Federal, State, and private agencies to develop a
multi-agency Federal initiative.  This measure articulates the
Legislature's support of the Department's efforts to elevate to a
national level these issues of threatened, endangered, and
extinct species in Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.R. No. 44, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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