Bill Text: HI HR208 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging The Peace Corps To Immediately Establish A Mission In The Marshall Islands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-14 - Referred to JHA, referral sheet 22 [HR208 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HR208-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	208
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the Peace Corps to immediately establish a mission in the Marshall Islands.

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1983; and  

 

WHEREAS, the United States has full authority and responsibility for security and defense of the Marshall Islands and the two nations have full diplomatic relations; and

 

WHEREAS, the economy of the Marshall Islands is mainly derived from U.S. payments under the terms of the Compact of Free Association and the United States’ Department of Defense is one of the largest employers in the nation; and

 

WHEREAS, only approximately forty-three percent of Marshallese people over the age of 25 have completed high school and only nine percent have graduated from college; and

 

WHEREAS, nuclear testing in the vicinity of the Marshall Islands has led to significant health issues, including various forms of cancer and birth defects; and 

 

WHEREAS, years of nuclear testing, overfishing, and climate change have significantly diminished traditional food sources; and

 

WHEREAS, ninety percent of the Marshallese food supply chain is made up from imported goods; and

 

WHEREAS, eighty percent of food imports are processed foods which have led to alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes among the adult population; and

 

WHEREAS, the Peace Corps previously served in the Marshall Islands from 1966 through 1996; now, therefor, 

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, that the Peace Corps immediately establish a mission in the Marshall Islands; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Peace Crops coordinate humanitarian efforts with as many additional agencies as possible, such as the U.S. Department of Defense, the State of Hawaii, the United Nations, the Red Cross, and any other organization providing economic relief and food security in the region; and 

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Marshall Islands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Peace Corps, the Governor of the State of Hawaii, U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Marshall Islands; Peace Corps;