STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2943

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2491

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2491, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VIETNAM WAR COMMEMORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for programs, ceremonies, and activities commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Office of Veterans Services, Veterans of Foreign Wars Hawaii Legislative Liaison, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Fiftieth Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration Committee, Vietnam Veterans of America, and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that many individuals who served honorably in the United States Armed Services during the Vietnam War came home to a divided nation.  Some of these individuals served voluntarily and some were drafted into service, but in many cases they were not welcomed home in a manner befitting their service and sacrifice.  Your Committee finds that honorable and respectful commemoration of the Vietnam War's fiftieth anniversary is especially appropriate in Hawaii because during the Vietnam War Hawaii served as a rest and recuperation location for deployed troops to meet their spouses, families, and friends.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2491, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair