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Whereas Hawaii Volcanoes National Park protects and inter-
prets the largest and most continuously active shield vol-
canoes in the United States and provides the best phys-
ical evidence of island-building processes, which continue 
to form the 2,000 mile-long Hawaiian archipelago; 
Whereas Hawaii Volcanoes National Park provides access to 
two of the most active volcanoes in the world and an op-
portunity to understand and appreciate the distinctive ge-
ology and natural and cultural adaptations to the land; 
Whereas, through Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Na-
tional Park Service protects, restores, and studies unique 
and diverse ecosystems and endemic species that are the 
result of more than 30,000,000 years of evolution in an 
isolated environment characterized by its active volcanic 
landscape and wide climate variations; 
Whereas, in 1978, more than 100,000 acres of the park were 
designated as wilderness, which constitutes the largest 
and most ecologically diverse wilderness in the Pacific Is-
lands, by section 401(6) of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–625; 16 U.S.C. 
1132 note); 
Whereas Hawaii Volcanoes National Park embraces the Na-
tive Hawaiian spiritual significance of the landscape and 
interprets related cultural traditions; 
Whereas the park encompasses sites, structures, objects, and 
landscapes that document more than 600 years of human 
life and activities on an active volcanic landscape; 
Whereas the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cul-
tural Organization designated Hawaii Volcanoes National 
Park as a biosphere reserve in 1980 and as a World Her-
itage Site on December 10, 1987; 
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Whereas, effective July 1, 1961, Haleakala National Park 
was established by Public Law 86–744 (16 U.S.C. 396b) 
as a separate unit of the National Park System on the 
detached portion of the Hawaii National Park on the is-
land of Maui; 
Whereas Haleakala National Park protects a wild volcanic 
landscape with a wide array of fragile and diverse native 
ecosystems, including plant and animal species found no-
where else on Earth; 
Whereas extreme gradients of rainfall and temperature shape 
the remarkable biodiversity of Haleakala National Park, 
which rises approximately 10,000 feet from the sea to the 
summit of the Haleakala shield volcano; 
Whereas Haleakala National Park preserves places, re-
sources, stories, and intangible elements of profound sa-
cred importance to Native Hawaiians; 
Whereas those elements are linked by the piko, the lifeline 
that honors the past and connects the living Hawaiian 
culture of today to future generations; 
Whereas Haleakala National Park is known for its excep-
tional scenery, including sunrises and sunsets above the 
clouds, coursing waterfalls, clear pools, and crashing 
waves, lush rainforests, and sparkling, star-filled skies; 
Whereas the Haleakala shield volcano, one of the highest 
peaks in the Pacific, is the result of countless volcanic 
eruptions during the past 2,000,000 years and unique 
erosion in action; 
Whereas Public Law 94–567 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note) des-
ignated more than 19,000 acres of Haleakala National 
Park as wilderness in 1976, and the United Nations 
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Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization des-
ignated the park as a biosphere reserve in 1980; 
Whereas Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala Na-
tional Park were the first national park units in a terri-
tory of the United States and are two of the 8 units of 
the National Park System in the Hawaiian islands; and 
Whereas August 1, 2016, would be an appropriate date to 
designate as ‘‘Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National 
Parks Day’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates and celebrates Hawaii Volca-
noes National Park and Haleakala National Park on 
the 100th anniversary of their establishment; 
(2) acknowledges the range of natural and cul-
tural wonders that make up the other national parks 
and monuments of the State of Hawaii, including— 
(A) Honouliuli National Monument; 
(B) Kalaupapa National Historical Park; 
(C) Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical 
Park; 
(D) Puuhonua o Honaunau National His-
torical Park; 
(E) Puukohola Heiau National Historic 
Site; and 
(F) World War II Valor in the Pacific Na-
tional Monument; 
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(3) encourages the people of Hawaii and of the 
United States to visit those parks and monuments, 
which are national treasures; and 
(4) supports the designation of ‘‘Hawaii Volca-
noes and Haleakala National Parks Day’’. 
Æ 
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