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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3837 

To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna 

Memorial Archives at the University of Hawaii. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2006 

Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. BYRD, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. JEFFORDS, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Mr. DODD, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LOTT, Mr. BIDEN, 

Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. REID, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. REED, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

CONRAD, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To authorize the establishment of the Henry Kuualoha 

Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the University of 

Hawaii. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. HENRY KUUALOHA GIUGNI KUPUNA MEMO4 RIAL ARCHIVES. 

5 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu6 cation is authorized to award a grant to the University 

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1 ment, maintenance, and periodic modernization of the 

2 Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Memorial Archives at the 

3 University of Hawaii. 

4 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Henry Kuualoha Giugni 

5 Kupuna Memorial Archives shall use the grant funds re6 ceived under this section— 

7 (1) to facilitate the acquisition of a secure web 

8 accessible repository of Native Hawaiian historical 

9 data rich in ethnic and cultural significance to our 

10 Nation for preservation and access by future genera11 tions; 

12 (2) to award scholarships to facilitate access to 

13 a college education for students who can not inde14 pendently afford such education; 

15 (3) to support programmatic efforts associated 

16 with the web-based media projects of the archives; 

17 (4) to create educational materials, from the 

18 contents of the archives, that are applicable to a 

19 broad range of indigenous students such as Native 

20 Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American 

21 Indians; 

22 (5) to develop outreach initiatives that intro23 duce the archival collections to elementary schools 

24 and secondary schools; 


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1 (6) to develop supplemental web-based re2 sources that define terms and cultural practices in3 nate to Native Hawaiians; 

4 (7) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair 

5 educational facilities to house the archival collec6 tions; 

7 (8) to rent, lease, purchase, maintain, or repair 

8 computer equipment for use by elementary schools 

9 and secondary schools in accessing the archival col10 lections; 

11 (9) to provide pre-service and in-service teacher 

12 training to develop a core group of kindergarten 

13 through grade 12 teachers who are able to provide 

14 instruction in a way that is culturally congruent 

15 with the learning modalities of the kindergarten, ele16 mentary school, or secondary school students the 

17 teachers are teaching, particularly indigenous stu18 dents such as Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, 

19 and Native American Indians, in order to— 

20 (A) ameliorate the lack of cultural congru21 ence between the teachers and the students the 

22 teachers teach; and 

23 (B) improve student achievement; and 

24 (10) to increase the economic and financial lit25 eracy of college students through the proliferation of 


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1 proven best practices used at other institutions of 

2 higher education that result in positive behavioral 

3 change toward improved debt and credit manage4 ment and economic decision making. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $10,000,000 for fiscal 

8 year 2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

9 of the fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

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