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HI HR164
Resolution
Status
3/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
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AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. government and Hunt Companies to reserve Ewa Field land at the former Marine Corps Air Station Ewa for preservation of World War II historic and Hawaiian cultural sites.
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Designates the Ewa Plain Battlefield, nominated to the Hawaii State Historic Register and National Register of Historic Places in May 2016, as a site of significance for the December 7, 1941 attack and the June 1942 Battle of Midway.
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Requests Hawaii's Congressional delegation introduce legislation to Congress requesting a National Park Service feasibility study to determine whether the Ewa Plain Battlefield is suitable for inclusion in the national park system.
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Proposes creation of the Ewa Battlefield Memorial Park as an educational, commemorative, and ecologically sustainable facility to honor Navy and Marine pilots who died in World War II combat operations.
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Directs transmission of resolution to federal officials including the President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Interior, Congressional delegation members, and local Hawaii government and private sector leadership.
Legislative Description
Urging The United States Government And Hunt Companies To Reserve The Ewa Field Land To Preserve World War Ii Historic And Hawaiian Cultural Sites At The Former Marine Corps Air Station Ewa For The Creation Of The Ewa Battlefield Memorial Park.
Urging the Federal Government and Hunt Companies to allocate the Ewa Field land for the creation of the Ewa Battlefield Memorial
Last Action
The committee(s) on PVM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
3/20/2019