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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.C.R. NO.            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                        RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE
   UNITED STATES NAVY INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL WORKLOAD AND
   EMPLOYMENT OF PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD.



 1       WHEREAS, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's (Shipyard) strategic
 2   location in the Pacific Ocean makes it vital to national
 3   security interests; and 
 4   
 5       WHEREAS, historically, the Shipyard has played an important
 6   role in United States (U.S.) naval operations in the Pacific;
 7   and 
 8   
 9       WHEREAS, the location of the Shipyard in Hawaii provides
10   Naval employees with a high level of quality of life; and 
11   
12       WHEREAS, the Shipyard is the largest industrial employer in
13   Hawaii; and 
14   
15       WHEREAS, the Shipyard provides trade and skills training
16   for the youth of Hawaii through an apprenticeship training
17   program in partnership with the University of Hawaii; and 
18   
19       WHEREAS, over the last decade, operations at the Shipyard
20   have been reduced drastically, as the number of ships and
21   submarines homeported there has dropped from 41 in 1989 to only
22   31 today; and 
23   
24       WHEREAS, the Shipyard's workforce has been reduced by
25   fifty-eight percent since 1989, from 6,900 employees to 3,200
26   employees; and 
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28       WHEREAS, the Shipyard has an employment list of one
29   thousand qualified local applicants; and 
30   
31       WHEREAS, it is mutually advantageous for the U.S. Navy and
32   the State of Hawaii to pursue increasing the workload of the
33   shipyard; now, therefore,

 
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 1       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
 2   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
 3   of 2000, the Senate concurring, that the President of the
 4   Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are
 5   requested to establish a task force to investigate the
 6   possibility of the U.S. Navy increasing the workload and
 7   employment of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard; and 
 8   
 9       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be composed of
10   members appointed by the President of the Senate and the
11   Speaker of the House of Representatives, and include
12   representatives of:  the U.S. Navy, management and labor groups
13   working in the Shipyard, Hawaii's Congressional Delegation, the
14   Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and the Director
15   of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and
16   
17       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to
18   submit a report of the findings and recommendations to the
19   Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of
20   the Regular Session of 2001; and
21   
22       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
23   Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor of the
24   State of Hawaii, Hawaii's Congressional Delegation, the
25   Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and the Director
26   of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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