STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1639-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.R. No. 56

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.R. No. 56 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM CONVENE AN INTERNATIONAL MOON BASE ALLIANCE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLVABLE LUNAR ARCHITECTURE ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to diversify Hawaii's economy and promote the space industry in Hawaii by requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to convene a committee to be known as the International Moon Base Alliance, comprising representatives from government, industry, and research institutions to provide recommendations and guidance for the development of evolvable lunar architecture on the island of Hawaii.

 

     The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and Board of Directors of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems testified in support of this measure.  A concerned individual testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including the Chairs of the House Committees on Economic Development and Business and Veterans, Military & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Technology, or their designees in the list of individuals invited by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to join the International Moon Base Alliance; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 56, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 56, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair