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HI SCR163
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/12/2021
Primary Sponsor
Donovan Cruz
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AI Summary
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Requests U.S. Congress to amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 to reduce the blood quantum requirement for lease succession from one-quarter to one-eighth Hawaiian for spouses, children, grandchildren, siblings, and other specified relatives.
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Requests U.S. Congress to amend the Admission Act (P.L. 86-3) to allow state lands designated for betterment of native Hawaiians to serve all persons of Hawaiian ancestry regardless of blood quantum.
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Cites hardship on homestead lessees unable to transfer lease rights to relatives with less than one-quarter Hawaiian blood due to current federal blood quantum restrictions.
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Notes that high rates of intermarriage between people of Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian ancestry have reduced blood quantum levels across generations of Hawaiian families.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution to be sent to U.S. Senate and House leadership, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the Hawaiian Homes Commission, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Legislative Description
Requesting The United States Congress To Amend Certain Acts For The Purpose Of Broadening The Scope Of Hawaiians Served By Those Acts.
Lands
Last Action
The committee on JDC deferred the measure.
3/23/2021