STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2009

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3160

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3160 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation for the design, construction, and exhibits of the National Museum of the United States Army.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

     In 2013, the National Museum of the United States Army will open in the heart of the national capitol region.  The National Museum of the United States Army is a long-overdue tribute to the service and sacrifice of soldiers from colonial times to the present.  The museum will preserve the rich history of the Army and provide a million visitors annually with an appreciation of the Army's contributions to the nation.

     Hawaii's veterans are a major segment of the history of the United States Army.  The 100th Battalion and the 442nd Infantry Division in World War II, the soldiers who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the troops from Schofield Barracks who are currently deployed to the Middle East, are tributes to Hawaii's heroic tradition of military service.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3160, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3160, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair