STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1402-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.R. No. 105

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.R. No. 105 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE TO USE GREEN COFFEE, INSTEAD OF PARCHMENT EQUIVALENT, AS THE BASIS FOR VALUING HAWAII'S COFFEE CROPS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure urges the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service to use green coffee instead of parchment equivalent as the basis for valuing Hawaii's coffee crops.

 

     Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui Coffee Association, Kau Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Coffee Growers Association testified in support of this measure. Hawaii Department of Agriculture provided comments on this measure. 

 

     Your committee has amended this measure by adding all members of the Hawaii Congressional Delegation to the individuals receiving certified copies of this resolution.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Economic Revitalization & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 105, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 105, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

 

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair