STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1987

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 130
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Culture and the Arts, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 130 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES
     POSTAL SERVICE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS' STAMP
     ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP AND
     STATIONERY TO HONOR SPARK M. MATSUNAGA (1916-1990), UNITED
     STATES SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN, AND WORLD WAR II HERO,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
United States Postal Service and the members of the Citizens'
Stamp Advisory Committee to issue a commemorative stamp and
stationery to honor Spark M. Matsunaga.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received by the
Office of Veteran Services and the Hawaii State Commission on the
Status of Women.

     Your Committee finds that Spark M. Matsunaga (1916-1990),
United States Senator and Congressman, and decorated World War II
hero who dedicated his life and career to achieving liberty and
justice for all people, should be honored through a commemorative
stamp and stationery for all to recognize his outstanding and
exemplary achievements.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Your committee also finds that the late Senator Matsunaga
and his brothers-in-arms in the 100th Infantry Battalion and the
442nd Regimental Combat Team amassed an astonishing number of
individual and unit awards, making the 100th Infantry Battalion
and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team one of the most decorated
military units in U.S. history.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Requesting the United States Postal Service and the
          members of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to
          also recognize with a stamp and commemorative
          stationery, the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd
          Regimental Combat Team;

     (2)  Amending its title to read:  "REQUESTING THE UNITED
          STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS'
          STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ISSUE COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
          AND STATIONERY TO HONOR SPARK M. MATSUNAGA (1912-1990),
          UNITED STATES SENATOR AND CONGRESSMAN, AND WORLD WAR II
          HERO, AND THE 100TH INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 442ND
          REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM FOR THEIR SACRIFICES AND ACTS OF
          VALOR DURING WORLD WAR II;" and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for purposes
          of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Culture and the Arts that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 130, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 130, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Culture and the
                                   Arts,



                                   ______________________________
                                   K. MARK TAKAI, Chair