S3250 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2015 Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas William T. Miller, Superintendent 123 Stat. 1385) is amended— objection, it is so ordered. of Airways at the Department of Commerce, (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Article III(c)’’ The clerk will report the resolution was appointed to lead the colonization and inserting ‘‘Articles III(c)’’; and by title. project, traveled to in February 1935, met with Albert F. Judd, Trustee of Kameha- (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Article The senior assistant legislative clerk III(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘Articles III(c)’’. meha Schools and the Bishop Museum, and (c) PROJECT CONTRACTS.—Section 10604(f)(1) read as follows: agreed that recent graduates and students of of the Omnibus Public Land Management A resolution (S. Res. 109) acknowledging the Kamehameha School for Boys would Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1391) and honoring brave young men from Hawaii make ideal colonists for the project; is amended by inserting ‘‘Project’’ before who enabled the United States to establish Whereas the ideal Hawaiian candidates ‘‘water’’. and maintain jurisdiction in remote equa- were candidates who could ‘‘fish in the na- (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— torial islands as prolonged conflict in the Pa- tive manner, swim excellently, handle a Section 10609 of the Omnibus Public Land cific led to World War II. boat, be disciplined, friendly, and unat- Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; There being no objection, the Senate tached’’; 123 Stat. 1395) is amended— proceeded to consider the resolution. Whereas on March 20, 1935, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Itasca departed (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask (b), by striking ‘‘construction or rehabilita- from Honolulu Harbor in great secrecy with tion’’ each place it appears and inserting unanimous consent that the resolution 6 young Hawaiian men aboard, all recent ‘‘planning, design, construction, rehabilita- be agreed to; the Schatz amendment to graduates of Kamehameha Schools, and 12 tion,’’; the preamble be agreed to; the pre- furloughed Army personnel, whose purpose (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘2 per- amble, as amended, be agreed to; and was to occupy the barren islands of Howland, cent’’ and inserting ‘‘4 percent’’; and the motions to reconsider be consid- Baker, and Jarvis in teams of 5 for 3 months; (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘4 per- ered made and laid upon the table with Whereas in June 1935, after a successful first tour, the furloughed Army personnel cent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’. no intervening action or debate. (e) AGREEMENT.—Section 10701(e) of the were ordered off the islands and replaced The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without with additional Kamehameha Schools alum- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of objection, it is so ordered. 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1400) is ni, thus leaving the islands under the exclu- amended in paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), and The resolution (S. Res. 109) was sive occupation of the 4 Native Hawaiians on (3)(A) by striking ‘‘and Contract’’ each place agreed to. each island; it appears. The amendment (No. 1437) was agreed Whereas the duties of the colonists while to, as follows: on the island were to record weather condi- f tions, cultivate plants, maintain a daily log, (Purpose: To amend the preamble) RECOGNIZING NATIONAL FOSTER record the types of fish that were caught, ob- The preamble is amended— serve bird life, and collect specimens for the CARE MONTH AS AN OPPOR- (1) in the 10th whereas clause, by striking Bishop Museum; TUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS ‘‘March 30, 1935’’ and inserting ‘‘March 20, Whereas the successful year-long occupa- ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF 1935’’; tion by the colonists directly enabled Presi- CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE (2) in the 13th whereas clause, by striking dent Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Execu- SYSTEM ‘‘proclaimed’’ and inserting ‘‘established’’; tive Order 7368 on May 13, 1936, which estab- (3) in the 25th whereas clause, by striking lished that the islands of Howland, Baker, Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘distracted by’’ and inserting ‘‘otherwise fo- and Jarvis were under the jurisdiction of the unanimous consent that the HELP cused on’’; and United States; Committee be discharged from further (4) in the 27th whereas clause— Whereas multiple Federal agencies vied for consideration of and the Senate now (A) by striking ‘‘Jarvis and Enderbury’’ the right to administer the colonization proceed to the consideration of S. Res. and inserting ‘‘Enderbury and Jarvis’’; and project, including the Department of Com- 168. (B) by striking ‘‘on February 9’’ and insert- merce, the Department of the Interior, and ing ‘‘ from February 7 to 9’’. the Navy Department, but jurisdiction was The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The preamble, as amended, was ultimately granted to the Department of the objection, it is so ordered. agreed to. Interior; The clerk will report the resolution The resolution, with its preamble, as Whereas under the Department of the Inte- by title. amended, reads as follows: rior, the colonization project emphasized The senior assistant legislative clerk weather data and radio communication, S. RES. 109 read as follows: which brought about the recruitment of a Whereas in the mid-19th century, the number of Asian radiomen and aerologists; A resolution (S. Res. 168) recognizing Na- Islands Act (48 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) en- Whereas under the Department of the Inte- tional Foster Care Month as an opportunity abled companies from the United States to rior, the colonization project also expanded to raise awareness about the challenges of mine guano from a number of islands in the beyond the Kamehameha Schools to include children in the foster care system, and en- Equatorial Pacific; Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians from other couraging Congress to implement policy to Whereas after several decades, when the schools in Hawaii; improve the lives of children in the foster guano was depleted, the companies aban- Whereas in March of 1938 the United States care system. doned mining activities, and the control of also claimed and colonized the islands of There being no objection, the Senate the islands by the United States diminished Canton and Enderbury, maintaining that the proceeded to consider the resolution. and left the islands vulnerable to exploi- colonization was in furtherance of commer- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask tation by other nations; cial aviation and not for military purposes; unanimous consent that the resolution Whereas the Far East during the late 19th Whereas the risk of living on the remote be agreed to, the preamble be agreed century and early 20th century was charac- islands meant that emergency medical care terized by colonial conflicts and Japanese was not less than 5 days away, and the dis- to, and the motions to reconsider be ; tance proved fatal for Carl Kahalewai, who laid upon the table. Whereas the 1930s marked the apex of the died on October 8, 1938, en route to Honolulu The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sphere of influence of Imperial Japan in the after his appendix ruptured on ; objection, it is so ordered. Far East; Whereas other life-threatening injuries oc- The resolution (S. Res. 168) was Whereas military and commercial interest curred, including in 1939, when Manuel Pires agreed to. in Central Pacific air routes between Aus- had appendicitis, and in 1941, when an explo- The preamble was agreed to. tralia and led to a desire by the sion severely burned Henry Knell and (The resolution, with its preamble, is United States to claim the islands of Dominic Zagara; Howland, Baker, and Jarvis, although the Whereas in 1940, when the issue of dis- printed in the RECORD of May 5, 2015, ownership of the islands was unclear; continuing the colonization project was under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) Whereas in 1935, a secret Department of raised, the Navy acknowledged that the is- f Commerce colonization plan was instituted, lands were ‘‘probably worthless to commer- aimed at placing citizens of the United cial aviation’’ but advocated for ‘‘continued ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING States as colonists on the remote islands of occupation’’ because the islands could serve BRAVE YOUNG MEN FROM HAWAII Howland, Baker, and Jarvis; as ‘‘bases from a military standpoint’’; Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask Whereas to avoid conflicts with inter- Whereas although military interests justi- national law, which prevented colonization fied continued occupation of the islands, the unanimous consent that the Judiciary by active military personnel, the United colonists were never informed of the true na- Committee be discharged from further States sought the participation of fur- ture of the project, nor were the colonists consideration of S. Res. 109 and the loughed military personnel and Native Ha- provided with weapons or any other means of Senate proceed to its consideration. waiian civilians in the colonization project; self-defense;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:07 May 26, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD15\MAY 15\S21MY5.REC S21MY5 DSKD7QTVN1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE May 21, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3251 Whereas in June of 1941, when much of Eu- onization project, which resulted in the The Chair, on behalf of the Vice rope was engaged in World War II and Impe- United States extending sovereignty into the President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), rial Japan was establishing itself in the Pa- Equatorial Pacific; appoints the following Senator to the cific, the Commandant of the 14th Naval Dis- (3) recognizes the dedication to the United Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military trict recognized the ‘‘tension in the Western States and self-reliance demonstrated by the Pacific’’ and recommended the evacuation of young men, the majority of whom were Na- Academy: the Honorable JONI ERNST of the colonists, but his request was denied; tive Hawaiian, who left their homes and fam- (designee of the chairman of the Whereas on December 8, 1941, Howland Is- ilies in Hawaii to participate in the Equa- Committee on Armed Services). land was attacked by a fleet of Japanese torial Pacific colonization project; The Chair, on behalf of the Vice twin-engine bombers, and the attack killed (4) extends condolences on behalf of the President, pursuant to the provisions Hawaiian colonists Joseph Keliihananui and United States to the families of Carl of 20 U.S.C., sections 42 and 43, appoints Richard Whaley; Kahalewai, Joseph Keliihananui, and Rich- the following Senators to the Board of Whereas in the ensuing weeks, Japanese ard Whaley for the loss of their loved ones in Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- submarine and military aircraft continued to the service of the United States; target the islands of Howland, Baker, and (5) honors the young men whose actions, tion: the Honorable JOHN BOOZMAN of Jarvis, jeopardizing the lives of the remain- sacrifices, and valor helped secure and main- and the Honorable DAVID ing colonists; tain the jurisdiction of the United States PERDUE of . Whereas the United States Government over equatorial islands in the Pacific Ocean The Chair, on behalf of the Vice was unaware of the attacks on the islands, during the years leading up to and the President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), and was otherwise focused on the entry of months immediately following the bombing appoints the following Senator to the the United States into World War II; of Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Whereas the colonists demonstrated great States into World War II; and Academy: the Honorable CORY GARD- valor while awaiting retrieval; (6) extends to all of the colonists, and to Whereas the 4 colonists from Baker and the families of these exceptional young men, NER of (designee of the chair- the 2 remaining colonists from Howland were the deep appreciation of the people of the man of the Committee on Armed Serv- rescued on January 31, 1942, and the 8 colo- United States. ices). nists from Enderbury and Jarvis were res- The Chair, on behalf of the Vice f cued on February 7 to 9, 1942, 2 months after President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), the initial attacks on ; Whereas on March 20, 1942, Harold L. Ickes, RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY appoints the following Senator to the Secretary of the Interior, sent letters of con- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval dolence to the Keliihananui and Whaley fam- unanimous consent that the Senate Academy: the Honorable DAN SULLIVAN ilies stating that ‘‘[i]n your bereavement it now proceed to the en bloc consider- of (designee of the chairman of must be considerable satisfaction to know the Committee on Armed Services). that your brother died in the service of his ation of the following Senate resolu- f country’’; tions, which were submitted earlier Whereas during the 7 years of colonization, today: S. Res. 185, S. Res. 186, and S. ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015 more than 130 young men participated in the Res. 187. Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask project, the majority of whom were Hawai- There being no objection, the Senate ian, and all of whom made numerous sac- proceeded to consider the resolutions unanimous consent that when the Sen- rifices, endured hardships, and risked their en bloc. ate completes its business today, it ad- lives to secure and maintain the islands of Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask journ until 9:30 a.m., Friday, May 22; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Canton, and that following the prayer and pledge, Enderbury on behalf of the United States, unanimous consent that the resolu- tions be agreed to, the preambles be the morning hour be deemed expired, and 3 young Hawaiian men made the ulti- the Journal of proceedings be approved mate sacrifice; agreed to, and the motions to recon- to date, and the time for the two lead- Whereas none of the islands, except for sider be laid upon the table en bloc. Canton, were ever used for commercial avia- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ers be reserved for their use later in tion, but the islands were used for military objection, it is so ordered. the day; that following leader remarks, purposes; The resolutions were agreed to. the Senate then resume consideration Whereas in July 1943, a military base was of H.R. 1314; finally, that all time dur- established on , and its forces, The preambles were agreed to. (The resolutions, with their pre- ing the adjournment of the Senate which numbered over 2,000 members, partici- count postcloture on the bill. ambles, are printed in today’s RECORD pated in the Tarawa-Makin operation; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas in 1956, participants of the col- under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) onization project established an organization objection, it is so ordered. f called ‘‘Hui Panala’au’’, which was estab- f lished to preserve the fellowship of the APPOINTMENTS ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. group, to provide scholarship assistance, and ‘‘to honor and esteem those who died as colo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The TOMORROW nists of the Equatorial Islands’’; Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, Mr. PERDUE. If there is no further Whereas in 1979, Canton and Enderbury be- pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amend- business to come before the Senate, I came part of the Republic of Kiribati, but ed by Public Law 101–595, and further ask unanimous consent that it stand the islands of Jarvis, Howland, and Baker re- amended by Public Law 113–281, and adjourned under the previous order. main possessions of the United States, hav- upon the recommendation of the chair- There being no objection, the Senate, ing been designated as National Wildlife Ref- man of the Committee on Commerce, uges in 1974; at 8:16 p.m., adjourned until Friday, Whereas the islands of Jarvis, Howland, Science, and Transportation, appoints May 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. the following Senators to the Board of and Baker are now part of the Pacific Re- f mote Islands Marine National Monument; Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard Acad- Whereas May 13, 2015, marks the 79th anni- emy: the Honorable ROGER WICKER of NOMINATIONS versary of the issuance of the Executive and the Honorable DAN Executive nominations received by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt SULLIVAN of Alaska. the Senate: proclaiming United States jurisdiction over The Chair, on behalf of the majority DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE the islands of Howland, Baker, and Jarvis, is- leader, pursuant to the provisions of lands that remain possessions of the United STEPHEN C. HEDGER, OF , TO BE AN ASSIST- States; and Public Law 113–146, appoints the fol- ANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, VICE ELIZABETH LEE KING, RESIGNED. Whereas the Federal Government has lowing individuals to serve as members never fully recognized the contributions and of the Commission on Care: the Honor- INTER–AMERICAN FOUNDATION sacrifices of the colonists, less than a hand- able Tom Coburn of , Stuart LUIS A. VIADA, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ful of whom are still alive today: Now, there- BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INTER–AMERICAN FOUN- Hickey of , and Thomas DATION FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 20, 2018, VICE fore, be it Harvey of New York. JOHN P. SALAZAR, TERM EXPIRED. Resolved, That the Senate— The Chair, on behalf of the majority NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE (1) acknowledges the accomplishments and HUMANITIES commends the service of the Hui Panala’au leader, pursuant to Public Law 96–114, colonists; as amended, appoints the following in- AKHIL REED AMAR, OF , TO BE A MEM- dividual to the Congressional Award BER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES (2) acknowledges the local, national, and FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 26, 2020, VICE international significance of the 7-year col- Board: Chiling Tong of . JAMSHEED K. CHOKSY, TERM EXPIRED.

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