STAND. COM. REP. NO.841-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2331

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2331, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE KOREAN WAR COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to honor those who served in the Korean War by:

(1) Formally reestablishing the Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War Commission (Commission); and

(2) Appropriating an unspecified amount of funds to carry out the functions of the Commission.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Aloha Chapter of The Chosin Few, 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War Steering Committee, Korean War Veterans Association, Hawaii Chapter No. 1, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Hawaii Chapter, 5th Regimental Combat Team, Korean War Veterans, Hawaii, a member of the Retired Officers Association; and two concerned citizens. The Department of Defense and Office of Veterans Services supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Restoring the appropriation amount of $200,000; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2331, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2331, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

 

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JERRY CHANG, Chair