STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1401

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 56

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 56 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS RECOGNIZE AN OFFICIAL POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN PEOPLE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Federal Government:

(1) Recognize the political relationship between the United States and the indigenous Hawaiian people in a similar manner afforded to Native Americans and Alaska natives; and

(2) Designate a permanent agency to address indigenous Hawaiian reconciliation proceedings and the political status of indigenous Hawaiians.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and an individual testified in support of this concurrent resolution. A concerned individual opposed this measure.

Federal recognition of a Native Hawaiian governing entity has the unanimous support of Hawaii's congressional delegation as well as the support of both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 56 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair