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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
requesting the hawaii emergency management agency to provide to the senate a formal plan and monthly accounting for federal funds allocated to the agency to address the coronavirus pandemic.
WHEREAS, the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted on March 27, 2020, to provide emergency financial assistance to governments, individuals, businesses, and communities to address the economic fallout of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the CARES Act allocated $1,250,000 to the State for emergency expenditures related to the public health crises caused by the global spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Senate to appropriate $1,000,000 of the CARES Act funds to the state Department of Defense to allow the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to respond to the public health crisis and to address any future surges of COVID-19 infection; and
WHEREAS, it is critical to the public health and economic well-being of the State that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency use the funds productively and transparently and account to the Senate for all expenditures; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
of 2020, that the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency is requested to provide to
the Senate a formal
plan and monthly accounting for its expenditure of CARES Act funds allocated to
the agency to address the coronavirus pandemic, with the first plan to be provided
no later than June 1, 2020; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Speaker of the Hawaii
House of Representatives, Adjutant General, Administrator of the Hawaii Emergency
Management Agency, and Director of Emergency Management of the City and County of
Honolulu.
CARES Act; Coronavirus; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Report