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H. Rept. 114-720 1 (2016-09-06)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrtu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-720 ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING BRAVE YOUNG MEN FROM HAWAII WHO ENABLED THE UNITED STATES TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN JU- RISDICTION IN REMOTE EQUATORIAL ISLANDS AS PROLONGED CON- FLICT IN THE PACIFIC LED TO WORLD WAR II SEPTEMBER 6, 2016.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. Res. 169] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the resolution (H. Res. 169) acknowledging and honoring brave young men from Hawaii who enabled the United States to establish and maintain jurisdiction in remote equatorial islands as prolonged conflict in the Pacific lead to World War II, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommend that the resolution be agreed to. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of House Resolution 169 is to acknowledge and honor brave young men from Hawaii who enabled the United States to establish and maintain jurisdiction in remote equatorial islands as prolonged conflict in the Pacific led to World War II. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The United States first began establishing its presence in the Equatorial Pacific during the mid-19th century through guano1 mining conducted by private American companies under the Guano Islands Act (48 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.). After several decades, guano resources became depleted, leading to the diminishing presence of American companies on the equatorial Pacific islands, leaving them vulnerable to development and claim by other world nations, espe- cially the regional rival, Imperial Japan. The United States still maintained a desire for military and commercial air routes between Australia and California, air routes that would be facilitated by the use of Howland, Baker and Jarvis Islands. In 1935, the Depart- 'Guano is the excrement of seabirds, cave-dwelling bats, pinnipeds or birds in general and is a highly effective fertilizer due to its high concentration of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium. 59-006

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