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HI HR119

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

4/3/2014

Primary Sponsor

Mele Carroll

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Origin

House of Representatives

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges members of Hawaii's congressional delegation to introduce federal legislation providing long-term funding for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission's restoration efforts
  • References the 1994 Department of Defense Appropriations Act which conveyed Kahoolawe Island back to the State and provided $44,000,000 for environmental restoration and archaeological activities
  • Notes that the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission manages the island under chapter 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, while held in trust for a future Native Hawaiian sovereign entity
  • States that existing federal funding, though substantial, is insufficient to establish a sustainable endowment for long-term Kahoolawe restoration
  • Requires transmission of certified copies of the resolution to Hawaii's congressional delegation and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission Chairperson

Legislative Description

the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission; Funding

Last Action

Resolution adopted in final form.

4/3/2014

Committee Referrals

Finance3/20/2014
Water & Land3/12/2014

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