STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2876
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 34
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 34 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION GRANTING BUDGET AUTONOMY, LEGISLATIVE AUTONOMY, AND STATEHOOD TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the United States Congress to support legislation granting statehood and greater budget and legislative autonomy to the District of Columbia.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two individuals.
Your Committee finds that the people of the District of Columbia were provided the right to vote for representation in Congress when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1788. The Organic Act of 1801 placed the District of Columbia under the exclusive authority of the United States Congress and removed the right of District of Columbia residents to vote for members of Congress. As a result, residents of the District of Columbia share all responsibilities of citizenship yet are denied full representation in Congress and local self-governance.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 34 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,
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________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair |
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