STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1413

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1575
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1575, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MILLENIUM
     YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
Millenium Young People's Congress.

     The Millenium Young People's Congress is scheduled to be
held in Honolulu from October 21 through 29, 1999.  Its purpose
is for its youth delegates to determine key priorities for
sustaining and improving life in every nation.  Delegates from
one hundred eighty-nine countries will be in attendance,
including two delegates from Hawaii.  The Congress will have a
positive economic impact on Hawaii:  in addition to moneys spent
in Hawaii by the delegates and their adult escorts, there will be
the opportunity for global coverage of the event, which will
provide free publicity for the State.

     Your Committee finds that the Congress is important to
Hawaii's economic development.  The moneys appropriated by this
Act are designated only for direct services to the youth
delegates, including assisting the youth delegates with

 
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coordinating the home stays with their host families,
transporting them to and from the Congress site, and for their
host family support expenses.  In particular, your Committee does
not intend that any state appropriation be spent on
administrative costs of the Congress. 

     Your Committee has amended the bill by increasing the $1
appropriation to $2 for the purposes of furthering discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1575, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1575, H.D.
2, S.D. 1.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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