BILL NUMBER: ACR 105	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   Relative to the Legislature.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 105, as introduced, Nestande. Legislature: Wounded Warrior
Program.
   Existing law authorizes certain internship and fellowship
programs, as specified.
   This measure would establish the Wounded Warrior Program within
the Legislature, modeled after the United States House of
Representatives' Wounded Warrior Program, which shall create
fellowship opportunities for wounded or disabled veterans to work in
the offices of Members of the Assembly, Senators, or committees of
the Assembly or Senate. This measure would require the Wounded
Warrior Program to be administered by the Joint Rules Committee and
funded by the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The federal Wounded Warrior Program, which is
administered by the Chief Administrative Officer of the United States
House of Representatives, was established to provide employment
opportunities for wounded or disabled veterans in the United States
House of Representatives.
   WHEREAS, a person is eligible to apply for a position with the
federal program if he or she is a disabled veteran who has served on
active duty since September 11, 2001, has fewer than 20 years of
military service, and has received either a Memorandum Rating of 30
percent or greater from his or her service Physical Evaluation Board
or a VA service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or greater.
An applicant for the federal program must also have been honorably
discharged and possess a high school diploma or GED certificate.
   WHEREAS, a wounded or disabled veteran who is selected for the
federal program is employed by the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer of the United States House of Representatives for a two-year
fellowship and is placed in the office of a Member or committee of
the United States House of Representatives.
   WHEREAS, the Legislature wishes to establish a Wounded Warrior
Program in this state, modeled after the federal program, to provide
fellowship opportunities for wounded or disabled veterans to work in
the offices of Members of the Assembly, Senators, or committees of
the Assembly or Senate.
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby establishes the
Wounded Warrior Program within the Legislature, modeled after the
United States House of Representatives' Wounded Warrior Program,
which shall create fellowship opportunities for wounded or disabled
veterans to work in the office of Members of the Assembly, Senators,
or committees of the Assembly or Senate; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Wounded Warrior Program shall be administered
by the Joint Rules Committee and funded by the Operating Funds of the
Assembly and Senate; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.