Bill Text: HI HCR71 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2009

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-15 - (S) Referred to PSM/TIA. [HCR71 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HCR71-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  685-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 71

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 71 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF S. 1337, THE FILIPINO VETERANS FAMILY REUNIFICATION ACT OF 2009, OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION, TO EXPEDITE FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to expedite family reunification for certain Filipino veterans of World War II by urging Congress and the President of the United States to support passage of the federal Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2009 or similar legislation.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 71 and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair