STAND. COM. REP. NO.  723

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 564

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 564 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Defense for programs, ceremonies, and activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

 

     The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Dept. of Hawaii; Department of Defense; Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter; the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Commemoration Committee; and a few individuals supported this measure.  The Office of Veterans Services provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 564 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair