STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1493

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.C.R. No. 30

H.D. 1

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 30 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE SPIRIT OF HAWAII GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP COASTAL KOREA VISIT AND URGING THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT JAE KWON LEE AND JONATHAN COWLES ON THEIR JOURNEY TO NORTH KOREA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to endorse and support the Spirit of Hawaii Goodwill and Friendship Coastal Korea Visit and urge the North Korean Government to support Jae Kwon Lee and Jonathan Cowles on their journey to North Korea.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the Maine State House of Representatives is considering adopting a resolution noting a request for a 15 per cent matching financial support, as well as an endorsement from the Maine State Legislature;

(2) Replacing references to the North Korean Government with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;

(3) Amending the title to read: "ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE SPIRIT OF HAWAII GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP COASTAL KOREA VISIT AND URGING THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SUPPORT JAE KWON LEE AND JONATHAN COWLES ON THEIR JOURNEY TO NORTH KOREA;" and

(4) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 30, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 30, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Legislative Management and International Affairs,

 

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HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair