HI SR128

Requests United States Congress amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, to lower the blood quantum requirement for lease succession from one-quarter Hawaiian to one-eighth Hawaiian for spouses, children, grandchildren, siblings, and other family members.

Requests Congress amend the Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union to allow certain state-held lands to serve all persons of Hawaiian ancestry regardless of blood quantum, rather than only those meeting specific blood quantum requirements.

Addresses concerns that current one-quarter blood quantum requirements create hardship for lessees unable to transfer Hawaiian homestead leases to relatives with less Hawaiian ancestry due to intermarriage.

Argues that congressionally established blood quantum requirements artificially divide the indigenous Hawaiian people and that reducing requirements is long overdue.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, House Speaker, Hawaii's congressional delegation, Hawaiian Homes Commission Chairperson, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees Chairperson.