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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-267
KA'ENA POINT NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA ACT
MARCH 9, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1908]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1908) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct
a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating cer-
tain land as the Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1908 is to authorize the Secretary of the In-
terior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of
designating certain land as the Ka'ena Point National Heritage
Area.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
H.R. 1908 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to con-
duct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating
the Ka'ena Point National Heritage Area on the Island of O'ahu.
The study area focuses on the undeveloped area of Ka'ena Point on
the west end of O'ahu, home to some of the richest and most well-
preserved cultural aspects of Hawai'i's history, along with invalu-
able and unique environmental and natural resources. It is the site
of the last intact sand dune ecosystem in Hawai'i and of a leina a
ka'uhane, an important recognized cultural site that, according to
some Hawai'ian traditions, is where the souls of the deceased leapt
into the next plane of existence. Ka'ena Point is also home to var-
ious protected species, including Laysan albatrosses and monk
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