STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3089

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2241

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2241, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL AIR PATROL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for civilian auxiliary aviation services performed by the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Civil Air Patrol.

Your Committee finds that for more than seventy-five years, the Civil Air Patrol has assisted emergency management agencies throughout the nation with response and recovery efforts during and after a disaster. A nonprofit organization, the Civil Air Patrol recruits volunteers to fulfill its emergency, education, and cadet programs and services. Your Committee further finds that during the August 2023 Maui wildfires, the Civil Air Patrol provided essential aerial reconnaissance to help fight fires. This measure will appropriate funds to the Civil Air Patrol in order to retain these critical services in times of emergencies.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding language that provides that bylaw or policy requirements shall not apply to any incorporated agency or instrumentality of the United States wholly owned by the United States or by a corporation wholly owned by the United States;

(2) Adding language that requires, beginning in fiscal year 2025-2026, funds required to be appropriated to carry on the operations and defray the expenses of the Civil Air Patrol be included in the Department of Defense's annual budget request;

(3) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2042, to encourage further discussion;

(4) Amending section 1 to reflect its amended purpose; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2241, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2241, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair