STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1868

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 72

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 72 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO COLLABORATE AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PREVENT INVASIVE SPECIES FROM ENTERING THE STATE OF HAWAII,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to collaborate and share information with the Department of Agriculture (DOA) to prevent invasive species from entering the state.

 

     DOA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Audubon Society, and Nature Conservancy of Hawaii supported this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Requesting the USDA, as part of the invasive species prevention efforts, to enter into a cooperative agreement with DOA as authorized under Section 10201 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2006; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 72, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 72, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair