The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and are summarized here. For more information on board actions, please see the complete meeting minutes posted online at www.oha.org/BOT
December 21, 2017
Motion to approve the following revision to the 2018 OHA Legislative Package. revise OHA-4, which is a bill that relates to the amount of OHA’s pro rata share of the public land trust.
| Ahu Isa | Ahuna | Akana | Akina | Apo | H. Lindsey | R. Lindsey | Machado | Waiheʻe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe |
Motion passes with seven AYES and two EXCUSED.
January 11, 2018
Motion to approve Administration’s recommendations on new BiLLs (OHA 5-9) on the 115th Congress Legislative Positioning Matrix dated January 10, 2018.
| OHA No. | BILL NO. | MEASURE TITLE | DESCRIPTION | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OHA 5 | S. 1895 | Native American Housing Assistance and self-Determination reauthorization Act of 2017 | this bill reauthorizes the native American Housing Assistance and self-Determination Act of 1996 through 2022, streamlines the environmental review process for federal agencies providing funds to tribes, increases the maximum term of leases on trust lands, and among other things, updates the committees who must receive reports from u.s. Department of Housing and urban Development (HuD) on the NAHASDA programs. The bill includes title viii to reauthorize the native Hawaiian Housing Block grant and the 184A Loan guarantee Program | SUPPORT |
| OHA 6 | H.R. 3864 | Native American Housing Assistance and self-Determination reauthorization Act of 2017 | This bill reauthorizes the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 through 2022, streamlines the environmental review process for federal agencies providing funds to tribes, increases the maximum term of leases on trust lands, and among other things, updates the committees who must receive reports from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the NAHASDA programs. As amended, the bill omits a reauthorization for Title VIII Native Hawaiian housing programs. | OPPOSE |
| OHA 7 | H.R. 1867 S. 785 | Alaska native veterans Land Allotment equity Act | This bill amends the Alaska native Claims settlement Act to provide land allotments to Alaska Native Vietnam veterans and the heirs of those Vietnam veterans who are deceased. | SUPPORT |
| OHA 8 | H.R. 4069 S. 1941 | A bill to amend the Migratory Bird treaty Act to clarify the treatment of authentic Alaska native articles of handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts, and for other purposes. | This bill defines Alaska native articles of handicraft and makes such articles exempt from the Migratory Bird treaty Act. | SUPPORT |
| OHA 9 | S. 1965 | Allowing Alaska IVORY Act | This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow Alaska Natives to possess, sell, or trade walrus ivory, whale bone, or mammoth ivory. | SUPPORT |
| Ahu Isa | Ahuna | Akana | Akina | Apo | H. Lindsey | R. Lindsey | Machado | Waiheʻe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe |
Motion passes with seven AYES and two EXCUSED.
January 11, 2018
Motion to approve Action item BAe 18-01: Approval of an OHA resolution Designating 2018 as “year of the Hawaiian.”
| Ahu Isa | Ahuna | Akana | Akina | Apo | H. Lindsey | R. Lindsey | Machado | Waiheʻe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | Excused | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe | ʻAe |
Motion passes with seven AYES, one ABSTENTION two EXCUSED.
