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HI HCR149
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Daniel Holt
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AI Summary
H.C.R. No. 149 Summary
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Requests the United States Postal Service issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Alfred Aholo Apaka on March 19, 2019, marking the centennial of his birth.
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Recognizes Apaka as "The Golden Voice of Hawaii," a renowned Hawaiian vocalist known for hapa haole music who performed nationally and internationally from 1938 until his death in 1960 at age 40.
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Requests the stamp's first release be in Waikiki, where Apaka established himself as a performer, before distribution to the rest of the nation.
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Directs transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Postmaster General, Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, Hawaii's Congressional Delegation, state and county officials, and the Governor.
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Notes this would be only the second commemorative stamp issued to honor a Native Hawaiian and Polynesian-American.
Legislative Description
Requesting The United States Postal Service To Issue A Commemorative Postage Stamp In Honor Of Alfred Aholo Apaka.
Alfred Apaka
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Holt, McKelvey excused (4).
3/27/2019