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HI HCR130
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Diamond Garcia
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AI Summary
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Urges the U.S. Department of the Interior to support Act 80 (2017), which lowers the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement for Hawaiian Home Lands eligibility from one-quarter to one thirty-second.
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Requests the Department of the Interior engage directly with Hawaii state officials and the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations to obtain additional information and data needed to advance Act 80.
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Calls upon the U.S. Congress to consent to Act 80, which requires federal approval because it amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.
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Notes that the Department of the Interior issued a 2022 determination against endorsing Act 80 due to concerns about inequitable effects on beneficiaries and their successors.
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Directs transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Hawaii congressional delegation, Governor, and relevant Hawaiian homestead and Hawaiian Affairs officials.
Legislative Description
Urging The United States Department Of The Interior To Work With The Office Of The Governor, Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands, United States Congressional Delegations From Hawaii, And Sovereign Council Of Hawaiian Homestead Associations To Make A Determination In Support Of Act 80, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2017.
United States Department of the Interior
Last Action
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 21
3/13/2024