H.C.R. 148 - Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument; Customary Exchange

• Urges the President of the United States to amend Presidential Proclamation 8031 and 8112 to permit customary exchange as an allowed activity within the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.

• Defines customary exchange as a traditional non-commercial practice involving the gifting of fish and marine resources to family and community members that strengthens cultural and social bonds in Pacific island communities.

• Argues that current permit restrictions deny Native Hawaiian practitioners the opportunity to engage in traditional customary exchange and fail to recognize legitimate subsistence practices similar to those permitted in Alaska fisheries.

• Asserts that the ceded lands in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are held in trust for Native Hawaiians and that state agencies have a responsibility to protect Hawaiian customary and traditional rights based on Hawaii Supreme Court rulings.

• Directs that certified copies be transmitted to the President, White House Executive Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Board of Land and Natural Resources, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, National Marine Fisheries Services, and Co-Trustees of the Monument.