Apology Resolution

1993 U.S. joint resolution on Hawaii Apology ResolutionLong titleA joint resolution to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the January 17, 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and to offer an apology to Native Hawaiians on behalf of the United States for the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.Enacted bythe 103rd United States CongressEffectiveNovember 23, 1993Legislative historyIntroduced in the Senate as S.J.Res. 19 by Daniel Akaka (D–HI) on January 21, 1993Committee consideration by Senate Indian AffairsPassed the Senate on October 27, 1993 (65–34)Passed the House on November 15, 1993 (voice vote)Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 23, 1993 Public Law 103-150, informally known as the Apology Resolution, is a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress adopted in 1993 that "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or r