HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.174         
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION

  REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO REMIND ELIGIBLE MALES OF
    THEIR SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.


 1        WHEREAS, all male United States citizens are required to
 2   register with the United States Selective Service System within
 3   thirty days of their eighteenth birthday; and
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 5        WHEREAS, such registration remains in effect until a
 6   registrant's twenty-fifth birthday; and
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 8        WHEREAS, although approximately eighty-five per cent of
 9   eligible males in Hawaii have completed the registration
10   process, Hawaii still holds one of the lowest compliance rates
11   in the country; and
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13        WHEREAS, many eligible young men turn eighteen shortly
14   after graduation from high school and may forget their
15   registration obligation; and
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17        WHEREAS, the federal government has simplified the
18   registration process by allowing it to be accomplished by mail
19   or on the internet; and
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21        WHEREAS, the State, therefore wishes to remind its
22   eligible male citizens of their registration obligation; now,
23   therefore,
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25        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
26   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
27   of 1999, the Senate concurring, that the University of Hawaii
28   is respectfully requested to take positive steps to remind
29   eligible males of their United States Selective Service
30   registration obligation at all appropriate moments, including
31   but not limited to, pre-admission enrollment and registration;
32   and
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34        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawaii is
35   requested to report actions taken to the Legislature twenty
36   days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2000, on
37   steps they have taken to provide such registration reminders;
38   and
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 1        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this
 2   Concurrent Resolution be sent to the Chairperson of the Board
 3   of Regents of the University of Hawaii.
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