STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1231

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 182
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 182 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ADJUTANT
     GENERAL TO REPORT ON TERRORIST INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS
     CAPABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the adjutant
general to report on the State's terrorist incident preparedness
capabilities.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Defense with recommended amendments.

     Your Committee finds that the State is vulnerable to
terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction, including
explosives, incendiaries, and radiological, chemical, and
biological agents.  All pertinent governmental agencies at the
federal, state, and local levels must coordinate terrorist
incident preparedness activities and be provided with the proper
training, equipment, and supplies to deal with terroristic
threats and attacks.  Your Committee further finds that the
current status of the State's preparedness is needed to determine
what further action is needed to properly prepare the State for
terrorist attacks.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding four
WHEREAS clauses relating to the counties' first responder

 
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capabilities, development of an urban search and rescue team in
Honolulu for statewide deployment, improved training for medical
and emergency professionals to deal with casualties resulting
from a terrorist attack, and increasing resources to the
Department of Defense for terrorist preparedness.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 182, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 182,
S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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