STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2107

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2135
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2135 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 measure is to appropriate funds for the
Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War Commission.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Defense, Office of Veteran Affairs, four members of
the Korean War Commission, a member of the Korean War Veterans
Association, eight veterans of the Korean War, forty-two members
of the 5th Regimental Combat Team, Korean War Veterans, thirty-
nine members of the Korean War Veteran Association, Hawaii
Chapter #1, a member of the American Legion Post #2, and the
Military Affairs Council of the Chamber of Commerce.  

     Upon consideration of all pertinent issues and testimony
presented, your Committee finds that this measure will show that
the State of Hawaii recognizes and appreciates the dedicated men
and women who served the nation during the war and deserve to be
recognized and honored for their many sacrifices and heroic
deeds. 
  
     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 is in accord with the

 
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intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2135, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   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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