A joint resolution designating August 21, 1984, as "Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day".
PL 98-383 (S.J.Res.248), enacted 08/17/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-383—AUG. 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 1347 
Public Law 98-383 
98th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Designating August 21, 1984, as "Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day". 
Whereas, on March 12, 1959, Americans were thrilled to learn that 
the United States House of Representatives, by a vote of three 
hundred and twenty-three to eighty-nine, had approved statehood 
for Hawaii, following the favorable United States Senate vote of 
seventy-six to fifteen the day before; 
Whereas President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii State-
hood Bill on March 18,1959; 
Whereas pursuant to the provisions of the Hawaii Statehood Act, a 
plebiscite was held in the territory of Hawaii and on June 27, 
1959, the people of Hawaii voted one hundred and thirty-two 
thousand nine hundred to seven thousand eight hundred in favor 
of statehood; 
Whereas President Eisenhower proclaimed Hawaii the fiftieth State 
on August 21,1959; 
Whereas the admission of Hawaii to the Union has proven to be of 
immense benefit both to the United States itself and the State of 
Hawaii; 
Whereas Hawaii is essential to our national security as the site of 
the headquarters of United States military and naval forces in the 
Pacific at Pearl Harbor, and is the location of the Army's Scho-
field Barracks, the Air Force's Hickam and Wheeler Air Force 
Bases, the Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, and other defense 
facilities; 
Whereas Hawaii is our Nation's largest producer of sugarcane and 
pineapple and its only major domestic source of coffee, macadamia 
nuts, and certain species of decorative flowers, and is a leader in 
the development of commercial aquaculture; 
Whereas Hawaii is also outstanding as a leader in astronomy, in 
ocean science, and alternate energy research and development, 
and in the extent and quality of its tourism industry; 
Whereas the State of Hawaii contributes significantly to the 
national balance of trade, operating Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone 
numbered 9 and Subzone numbered 9-A, welcoming hundreds of 
thousands of foreign tourists, and serving as a mid-Pacific base for 
United States and foreign commercial interchange; 
Whereas Hawaii is the site of the unique, congressionally-funded 
Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and 
West; 
Whereas Hawaii is blessed with great natural beauty, clean waters, 
pure air, and extraordinary scenery; and 
Whereas Hawaii's multiethnic people, in their personal lives and in 
the various social and civil institutions and policies they have 
formed, show a warm spirit of aloha, and have expressed this 
spirit in their Constitution's Preamble, ". . . with an understand-
ing and compassionate heart toward all the peoples of the Earth 
. . .": Now, therefore, be it 
Aug. 17, 1984 
[S.J. Res. 248]' 
98 STAT. 1348 
PUBLIC LAW 98-383—AUG. 17, 1984 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That August 21, 1984, be 
known throughout our Nation as "Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee 
Day" in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary—the Silver Jubilee— 
of Hawaii's Statehood. 
SEC. 2. The President be requested and authorized to issue a 
proclamation calling upon the people of the United States and all 
Federal, State, and local governments to observe "Hawaii Statehood 
Silver Jubilee Day" with observances and ceremonies appropriate to 
its importance. 
Approved August 17, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 248: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Apr. 11, considered and passed Senate. 
Aug. 8, considered and passed House.