STAND. COM. REP. NO.1376-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.C.R. No. 15

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 15, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CREATING A WORKING GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FORM A COALITION TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO STATE VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to form a working group comprised of the Department of Health and Hawaiian organizations to discuss the needs of the Hawaiian community regarding the necessary supporting documentation for Hawaiian identity with respect to federal recognition bills pending in the U.S. Congress.

Your Committee received testimony and comments in support of the intent of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Department of Health, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that in the event the U.S. Congress enacts laws regarding federal recognition to the Hawaiian people, a system of enrollment for Hawaiians will be necessary to qualify them for recognition. This concurrent resolution encourages the development of such a system.

Your Committee has amended the concurrent resolution by including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as part of the coalition and making nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 15, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 15, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair