HI HCR181

Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to call for comprehensive, independent testing and monitoring of radioactive contamination at the Pohakuloa Training Area with civilian oversight.

Notes that the United States Army confirmed use of depleted uranium (M101 spotting rounds) at Pohakuloa Training Area and Schofield Barracks, with the Army's Nuclear Regulatory Commission license expiring in 1964.

States that less than one percent of the 133,000-acre installation has been tested, leaving the full extent of contamination unknown.

References Hawaii County Council resolutions from 2008 calling for a halt to activities creating dust until cleanup and establishment of a citizen monitoring system, which the military has not established.

Requests that Hawaii's congressional delegation seek federal funds to support the testing and monitoring effort and directs certified copies be sent to the President, Pacific Command, Army Garrison-Hawaii, Defense Appropriations Subcommittees, Governor, and congressional delegation.