CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 117

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1176

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1176, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A JOB CORPS PROGRAM,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the Governor to designate the Department of Land and Natural Resources to administer or enter into agreements to administer a Green Job Youth Corps Program to help address the unemployment impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and support work and training opportunities for young adults and economic diversification;

(2) Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a progress report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022; and

(3) Appropriate funds.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Green Job Youth Corps Program shall prioritize work and training opportunities for young adults between ages twenty and forty, rather than thirty years or younger;

(2) Deleting language that would have appropriated general funds for the Green Job Youth Corps Program;

(3) Appropriating $5,000,000 out of the funds received by the State from the American Rescue Plan Act, Public Law 117-2, section 9901, for salaries only for up to one thousand Green Job Youth Corps Program participant positions;

(4) Lapsing all unexpended and unencumbered balances of the appropriation on November 1, 2021;

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2021; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1176, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1176, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair	____________________________ SEAN QUINLAN Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair	____________________________ DANIEL HOLT Co-Chair