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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 20
          Author:   Yee (D), et al.
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    Leyte Landing Commemoration Day

           SOURCE  :     The Alvarado Project


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates October 20, 2013, and each  
          20th day of October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration  
          Day.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1.The Leyte Liberation has a significant place in United States  
            and Philippines history during World War II.

          2.United States troops, under General Douglas MacArthur, joined  
            Philippine military forces on the island of Leyte to recapture  
            and liberate the island from almost three years of Japanese  
            occupation.

          3.One of the outcomes of the Leyte liberation was the arrival of  
            GI war brides coming home from the Philippines after World War  
            II to the United States, thus accelerating the growth of a new  
            generation of first and second generation Filipino  
            American-born offspring in the United States, a new milestone  
            in the population growth of Filipinos in the United States.

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          This resolution designates October 20, 2013, and each 20th day  
          of October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration Day.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  3/11/13)

          The Alvarado Project (source)
          Academy of Art University



          AL:d  3/12/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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