The House Hawaiian Affairs Committee yesterday voted to back a temporary agreement reached by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Lingle administration on ceded-land revenues.

Under the agreement, the state would pay OHA, a state agency, $15.1 million annually as its share of revenues derived from ceded lands as well as a one-time $17.5 million sum in back payments. The annual payments are seen as an interim arrangement because members of Gov. Linda Lingle's administration and OHA leaders continue to negotiate over "disputed" ceded-land revenues.