STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1607

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 6

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 6, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC LAW 103-150, RECOGNIZING THE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS RECONCILIATION AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, REAFFIRMING THE STATE'S COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS FOR HISTORICAL INJUSTICES, URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADVANCE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO FURTHER THE SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Apology Resolution, Public Law 103-150;

 

     (2)  Recognize the progress that has been made toward reconciliation and Native Hawaiian self-governance and self-determination;

 

     (3)  Reaffirm the State's commitment to reconciliation with the Native Hawaiian people for historical injustices;

 

     (4)  Urge the federal government to advance reconciliation efforts with Native Hawaiians; and

 

     (5)  Express the Legislature's support of efforts to further the self-determination and sovereignty of Native Hawaiians. 

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of Democratic Party of Hawaii, Papa Ola Lokahi, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and twenty-one individuals.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from Na Koa Ikaika and two individuals. 

 

     This measure marks the twentieth anniversary of the historic Apology Resolution, Public Law 103-150, issued by Congress in 1993.  In the Apology Resolution, Congress officially recognized the injustices suffered by Native Hawaiians permitted by the United States and committed itself to reconciliation efforts with Native Hawaiians.  Since the Apology Resolution, Hawaii has taken significant steps to support these reconciliation efforts.  This measure recognizes and celebrates these efforts and urges the state and federal government to reflect on the events that led to the Apology Resolution and to continue efforts to advance Native Hawaiian self-determination and sovereignty. 

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, accuracy, and consistency. 

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 6, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 6, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs, Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, and Judiciary and Labor,

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair

 

 

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair