STAND. COM. REP.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to
which was referred S.R. No. 2 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN AS
AN OBSERVER IN THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON
CLIMATE CHTkNGE, INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION,
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE
ORGANIZATION; SUPPORTING THE FURTHER PROGRESS ON THE US-
TAIWTkN INITIATIVE ON 21ST-CENTURY TRADE, A SPEEDY CONCLUSION
TO THIS NEGOTIATION, AND ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS TO ENTER INTO A
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH TAIWAN; AND SUPPORTING THE
STATE OF HAWAII'S THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF SISTER-STATE
RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN AND COMMEMORATING THE FORTY-FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the
Legislature to endorse the participation of Taiwan as an observer
in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
International Civil Aviation Organization, World Health
Organization, and International Criminal Police Organization;
support the further progress on the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-
Century Trade, a speedy conclusion to this negotiation, and
encourage the United States Trade Representative to commence
negotiations to enter into a bilateral trade agreement with
Taiwan; and support the State of Hawaii's thirty-first anniversary
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of sister-state relations with Taiwan and commemorate the forty­
fifth anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism.
Your Committee finds that the United States and the Republic
of China, known commonly in the United States as Taiwan, are
bonded by a shared commitment to democracy, human rights, the rule
of law, and a free market economy. Your Committee further finds
that for years, Taiwan supported United States-led efforts to
bolster the economic potential of the Indo-Pacific region by
defining shared trade objectives among partners and by addressing
standards for technology, supply chains, the digital economy, and
clean energy. Your Committee concludes that it is critical to
strengthen the ties between Taiwan and the United States, by
assisting Taiwan on a global stage, developing stronger US-Taiwan
trade initiatives, and supporting Hawaii's sister-state
relationship with Taiwan.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and
consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.R. No. 2, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 2, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Transportation and
Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
SR 2. ICA
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended x/' Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation: __
|_^|^dopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
^PfiTk Goldenrod
Distribution: Original Yellow
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*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24