STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1718-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.R. No. 52

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.R. No. 52 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING MANDATORY KINDERGARTEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support mandatory kindergarten.

Your Committee distributed a proposed draft of this measure in order to conduct a public hearing on its substance.  As proposed, this measure urges the United States to support the Republic of China's (Taiwan) participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1)  Replacing its contents with the provisions of the proposed draft, that would urge the United States to support the Republic of China's (Taiwan) participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership;

(2)  Amending its title to read: "URGING THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S (TAIWAN) PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP"; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 52, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 52, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair