STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3700

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 49

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 49, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO PROVIDE RENT RELIEF TO THE USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM AND PARK AND USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the United States Secretary of the Navy grant lease rents at token or substantially-below fair-market rates for the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park and the USS Missouri Memorial.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Department of Defense, the Armed Services Committee of The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association, Inc. d/b/a USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, and the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc.

Your Committee finds that both the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park and the Battleship Missouri Memorial represent an important part of American history and offer their visitors, American and international alike, studies of significant historical events in Hawaii and the Pacific. As such, they serve the public interest and should qualify for exemption from fair market lease rates.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 49, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education and Military Affairs,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair