STAND. COM. REP. NO 3174

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 71

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 71 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE AND STATE ENTITIES TO SUPPORT THE HOKULE‘A AND HER CREW AS THEY JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the State and state entities to support the Hokule‘a and her crew as they journey around the world.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiian Educational Council and Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.

     Your Committees finds that the Hokule‘a is a reconstructed traditional Polynesian vessel that is rekindling pride and aspiration among Native Hawaiians and Pacific islanders.  The Hokule‘a is scheduled to traverse the globe using traditional Polynesian navigational techniques in 2014.  During this worldwide voyage, the Hokule‘a will share Native Hawaiian culture and heritage with communities around the world while raising awareness for environmental sustainability and the practice of natural resource management.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 71 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Transportation and International Affairs, and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair