STAND. COM. REP. NO. 517

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1638

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1638 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VETERAN BURIAL GRANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support Filipino veterans of World War II by requiring the Office of Veterans Services to pay for:

(1) Their funeral and burial services; and

(2) The transportation of their remains to the Philippines.

The Office of Veterans Services supported the intent of this bill.

Due to financial constraints, the bodies of some deceased veterans, who fought side by side with U.S. armed forces during World War II, cannot be buried properly until their survivors or other interested parties have raised the funds needed.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1638 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair