HB 56-ESTABLISH HMONG-AMERICAN VETERANS DAY                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:02:51 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  DRUMMOND announced  that  the first  order of  business                                                               
would be HOUSE  BILL NO. 56, "An Act establishing  May 15 of each                                                               
year as Hmong-American Veterans Day."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
8:03:32 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GERAN TARR,  Alaska State  Legislature, as  prime                                                               
sponsor  of  HB   56,  offered  to  answer   questions  from  the                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR DRUMMOND noted that no amendments had been submitted.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TARR opined  that  HB 56  was important,  because                                                               
"whenever  we do  something  to  honor the  people  that are  our                                                               
neighbors, especially for  their service to our  country, I think                                                               
we're doing the right thing."                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:04:33 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  HANNAN moved  to report  HB  56 out  of committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  zero  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There  being no objection, HB 56 was  reported out of the                                                               
House Community and Regional Affairs Standing Committee.