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==Approach And Methodology==

===A. APPROACH===
The Native Hawaiians Study
Commission was established by an Act
signed into law on December 22, 1980
(Public Law 96-565, Title III). This
Act defined the duties of the Commission
as follows:

:Sec. 303(a) The Commission shall conduct a study of the culture, needs and concerns of the Native Hawaiians.

:(b) The Commission shall conduct such hearings as it considers appropriate and shall provide notice of such hearings to the public, including information concerning the date, location and topic of each hearing. The Commission shall take such other actions as it considers necessary to obtain full public participation in the study undertaken by the Commission.

The Congress provided in the Act
that a Commission of nine members be
appointed by the President. Further,
it provided that "not more than three
of such members shall be residents of
the State of Hawaii." President
Reagan appointed to the Commission
three persons from Hawaii and six
government officials. <nowiki>*/</nowiki>

Since the Congress had not .
appropriated funds for the Commission,
it was immediately faced with a
decision as to whether to (1) delay
all work until a supplemental appropriation
could be obtained (possibly
not until late Spring of 1982), or (2)
seek funds from the President's unanticipated
needs appropriation. (Other
funding options were blocked by the
Anti-Deficiency Act.) To avoid delay,
the Commission chose to seek funds
from the unanticipated needs
appropriation. Since funds in that
account are limited, the Commission
developed a work plan that would
permit holding Commission funding to a
minimum and permit heavy reliance on
assistance from other agencies,
pursuant to the authority of Section
303(j) of P.L. 96-565.

Upon approval of funds by the
President, the Commission established
a staff, with two persons in
Washington and two in Honolulu. As
part of the Commission's budget submission
to Congress in March, 1982, it
stated that its resource requirements
had been reduced tq a minimum and that
"to the greatest extent possible, the
Commission will rely on other agencies
for the support needed in its
information-gathering activities."
(Request for Supplemental Appropriation,
March, 1982.) Thus, the full
Commission had decided, and the
Congress was fully informed, that
material for the Report would be
developed, researched, and prepared by
government officials. In fact, the
Commission has relied extensively on
the substantial expertise of employees
of appropriate agencies. At every
stage the full Commission was aware of
the scope of the project and who would
develop information for and write
particular portions of the Report.

Also, as provided for in the Act
establishing it, the Commission has

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<nowiki>*/</nowiki> Appointment of government
officials to the Commission was
specifically contemplated by Congress,
since the enabling Act provided that
"members of the Commission who are
fulltime officers or employees of the
United States shall receive no
additional pay on account of their
services on the Commission" (Section
302(g)).

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 to Congress in March, 1982, it
 stated that its resource requirements
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 Commission will rely on other agencies

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 government officials. <u>{{*}}</u>/
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+Since the Congress had not
 appropriated funds for the Commission,
 it was immediately faced with a
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-<u>{{*}}</u>/Appointment of government
+<u>{{*}}</u>/ Appointment of government
 officials to the Commission was
 specifically contemplated by Congress,

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 Reagan appointed to the Commission
 three persons from Hawaii and six
-government officials. <nowiki>*/</nowiki>
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-<nowiki>*/</nowiki> Appointment of government
+{{*}}/Appointment of government
 officials to the Commission was
 specifically contemplated by Congress,