Bill Text: HI SCR137 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Aerospace Development; Partnership with Alaska

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SCR137 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR137-Amended.html

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1794-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2012

RE: S.C.R. No. 137

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 137, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT TO COORDINATE COMMENTS AND IDENTIFY A LEAD ENTITY TO PREPARE A PROPOSAL, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, FOR HAWAII TO BE SELECTED AS ONE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S SIX UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM TEST SITES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Director of the Office of Aerospace Development, in consultation with the Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee, coordinate comments from interested parties and identify a lead entity to prepare a proposal, on behalf of the State, to the Federal Aviation Administration for Hawaii to be selected as an unmanned aircraft system test site.

For the purpose of a public hearing on this measure, your Committee circulated a proposed draft and notified the public that it would be accepting testimony on the proposal, which:

(1) Changes the title of the measure to read: "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A PARTNERSHIP IN AEROSPACE WITH THE STATE OF ALASKA TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY BOTH STATES' ECONOMIES AND THE UNITED STATES SPACE PROGRAM";

(2) Requests the Office of Aerospace Development to research, identify, and evaluate opportunities for collaboration with the State of Alaska in responding to recent requisitions by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the United States military to develop regional test sites to advance our national assets and capabilities in next generation aviation, commercial space launch, and both robotic and human missions beyond low-Earth orbit;

(3) Requests the Office of Aerospace Development to consult with appropriate representatives of both the Hawaii and Alaska state administrations and legislatures, the United States aerospace industry, the United States military, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and

(4) Requests the Office of Aerospace Development, in consultation with the Hawaii State Aerospace Advisory Committee, to recommend opportunities for such collaboration to the Governor and the Legislature, as well as appropriate mechanisms and timetables to facilitate these partnerships.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems testified in support of the measure.

The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska and one individual commented on the measure.

Your Committee finds that both the State of Hawaii and the State of Alaska are currently engaged in a broad range of aerospace-related activities pertaining to satellite communications, environmental remote sensing, robotics, renewable energy, and space launch. Your Committee also finds that both the State of Hawaii and State of Alaska are actively pursuing new technologies and capabilities with the potential to advance next generation aviation, commercial space launch, and future robotic and human missions beyond low-Earth orbit. These efforts are, in many cases, complementary and, if combined, could significantly expand local economies in both states, while enhancing our national space program. Your Committee believes that the type of collaboration proposed in this measure would enhance each state's ability to respond to and support national efforts in the development of aerospace technologies.

Your Committee adopted the proposed draft and further amended the measure by:

(1) Replacing the term "Kodiak Island" with "Kodiak Launch Complex"; and

(2) Adding the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska to the list of parties to receive a certified copy of the measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 137, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 137, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair