STAND. COM. REP. 1203

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.R. No. 54

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 54 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ESTABLISH A PACIFIC OCEANIC ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE HEADQUARTERED IN HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this resolution is to protect the interests of the United States in the central and western Pacific Ocean by requesting that a Pacific Oceanic Administrative Region be established within the Department of Homeland Security and headquartered in Honolulu.

The Department of Defense and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that having a regional office in Honolulu will effectively orchestrate Federal resources and help to accommodate the special homeland security needs of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and other entities in the central and western Pacific.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 54 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair