The US House has passed the $900 billion fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act without granting the military any authority to condemn public or private land in Hawaiʻi — an outcome US Rep. Jill Tokuda maintains is critical to protecting the state’s open spaces and community trust.
Tokuda, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, said she worked to ensure that language allowing the Department of Defense to seize land did not make it into the final bill.
“In Hawaiʻi, we have learned a painful truth: once land is taken, it’s gone forever,” Tokuda said in a statement following the House vote. “Under no circumstances should we entertain the idea of giving land away to the military. If…
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