LAWSUITS BARRED FOREVER IF AKAKA BILL PASSES
Hawaiians To Be Left Out In Cold Under New Inouye Amendment
Senator Dan Inouye made the following statement regarding the Akaka bill in the Hawai`i Reporter, Tuesday May 16th -
"I will offer a substitute amendment.
"The substitute amendment has been widely distributed since September 2005 and is the result of successful negotiations between the Executive Branch officials and our Congressional delegation and Governor. "
The Amendment Inouye speaks of contains the following, and other, devastating new language under the heading "Specific Purpose" -
"Nothing in this act is intended to create or allow to be maintained in any court, any potential breach of trust actions, land claims, resource protection or resource management claims, or similar types of claims brought by or on behalf of Native Hawaiians, or the Native Hawaiian governing entity for equitable, monetary, or Administrative Procedure Act based relief against the United States or the State of Hawai`i whether or not such claims specifically assert an alleged breach of trust, call for an accounting, seek declaratory relief,or seek recovery of compensation for lands once held by Native Hawaiians."
