Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Task Force

Support Federal Recognition for Native Hawaiians

• Support legislation and efforts that provide Native Hawaiians with the same right to self-determination and self-governance that are afforded to other indigenous peoples and provides a structured process to address the longstanding issues resulting from the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Support Equitable Treatment for the U.S. Territories

• Support legislation to provide for American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas to be treated as states for certain criminal justice programs.
• Support equitable distribution of nutrition programs and assistance to small agricultural producers
• Support legislative and administrative efforts to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts and costs of Freely Associated States migration to the affected jurisdictions, such as the U.S. Pacific territories and Hawaii.