STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1261

                                   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 Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 44 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 with suggested amendments.

     Your Committee finds that efforts by public and private
entities to aid the recovery of threatened and endangered animal
and plant species in Hawaii have produced promising results.
However, animal and plant species native to Hawaii continue to
represent a large percentage of the threatened or endangered
species in the United States.  National focus and attention on
Hawaii's threatened and endangered species is required.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:


 
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     (1)  Describing Hawaii's sensitivity to environmental issues
          and viability as a setting for further species recovery
          efforts; and

     (2)  Requesting the President of the United States to
          encourage a coalition of federal agencies to develop a
          strategy and five-year plan in partnership with the
          State of Hawaii to protect and enhance Hawaii's unique
          species and establish the framework to allow creative
          solutions, increase public support and understanding,
          and encourage partnerships.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.R. No. 44, as amended herein, and recommends
that it be referred to the Committee on Labor and Environment, in
the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 44, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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