Bill Text: HI HR16 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: U.S. Census Participation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-03 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR16 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HR16-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 673-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: H.R. No. 16
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 16 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF THE CENSUS AND URGING ALL HAWAII RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2010,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this resolution is to support the United States Bureau of the Census and urge all Hawaii residents to participate in the 2010 census.
The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, and a concerned individual supported this measure.
Your Committee finds that every United States citizen is required by law to complete census forms. However the most compelling reason to participate is to benefit oneself and one's community. Census information about Hawaii's population is used to allocate federal grants to Hawaii. Last year these grants totaled nearly $290,000,000, including $97,000,000 for health and human services, and more than $88,000,000 for education. However, Hawaii was estimated to have the second highest census undercount, and it is estimated that the undercounting of our population has resulted in the loss of millions in federal funds for each of the last ten years.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 16 and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair |
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