STAND. COM. REP. NO.  674-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 54

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 54 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND URGING ALL HAWAII RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2010,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the United States Bureau of the Census and urge all Hawaii residents to participate in the 2010 census.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that every United States citizen is required by law to complete census forms.  However the most compelling reason to participate is to benefit oneself and one's community.  Census information about Hawaii's population is used to allocate federal grants to Hawaii.  Last year these grants totaled nearly $290,000,000, including $97,000,000 for health and human services, and more than $88,000,000 for education.  However, Hawaii was estimated to have the second highest census undercount, and it is estimated that the undercounting of our population has resulted in the loss of millions in federal funds for each of the last ten years.


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 54 and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair