HI SCR25

Hawaii's Legislature opposes any federal government use of condemnation or eminent domain to seize control of Pohakuloa training area lands or any other state lands.

The U.S. Army currently leases approximately 23,000 acres of state public trust land at Pohakuloa on Mauna Kea for live-fire training, with the lease expiring August 16, 2029.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources rejected the Army's final environmental impact statement for continued use of Pohakuloa on May 9, 2025, and Governor Josh Green requested $10 billion in settlement should the Army pursue condemnation.

Pohakuloa is sacred to Native Hawaiians (kanaka oiwi), serves as a resting place for ancestral remains (iwi kupuna), and provides habitat for protected and endemic plant and animal species.

Congress stated in the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act that the Army lacks authority to acquire these lands through condemnation and that doing so would be contrary to congressional intent.