STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1758

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 246

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 246 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT OF 2001,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request modifications and acknowledgments regarding the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Testimony in support of the measure as received was submitted by the Department of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association. The Superintendent of the USS Arizona Memorial, the USS Missouri Memorial Association, the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, and the Pacific Aviation Museum submitted testimony on amendments regarding a stamp for the USS Arizona Memorial.

Your Committees find that December 7, 2006 will be the 65th anniversary of the surprise attack on the United State Pacific Fleet by the Japanese. This may be the last gathering for many Pearl Harbor survivors, and a final opportunity for many of them to attend the ceremony. A postal stamp would help preserve the memory of Pearl Harbor and perpetuate the importance of that day in world history. Issuing a stamp would honor those 2,390 individuals whose lives were taken that day.

Your Committees find that the nation should address the long-term consequences of that day by educating and reminding the public of its significance. Thus, your Committees have amended this measure by replacing its contents with language encouraging the United States Postmaster General to issue a USS Arizona Memorial stamp.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 246, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 246, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Military Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair