STAND. COM. REP. NO.  918

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1420

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1420, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FILIPINO VETERANS BURIAL ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to honor Filipino-American veterans of World War II by appropriating moneys for burial grants for Filipino-American veterans of World War II.

The State Office of Veterans Service; Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; Filipino American Citizens League; Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights; Nursing Advocates & Mentors, Inc.; National Federation of Filipino American Associations; and several individuals supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1420, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair