STAND. COM. REP. NO.  929

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 6

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 6 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC LAW 103-150, RECOGNIZING THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECONCILIATION AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, REAFFIRMING THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO FURTHER THE SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Apology Resolution, Public Law 103-150;

 

     (2)  Recognize the progress that has been made towards reconciliation and Native Hawaiian self-governance and self-determination;

 

     (3)  Reaffirm the State's commitment to reconciliation with the Native Hawaiian people for historical injustices;

 

     (4)  Urge the federal government to advance reconciliation efforts with Native Hawaiians; and

 

     (5)  Express the Legislature's support of efforts to further the self-determination and sovereignty of Native Hawaiians.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Japanese American Citizens League Honolulu Chapter, and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Oahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Na Koa Ikaika, and an individual provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 6 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair