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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                     SCR 20 (Yee) - As Introduced:  March 4, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :   31-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Leyte Landing Commemoration Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates October 20, 2013, and each 20th day of  
          October thereafter, as Leyte Landing Commemoration Day in  
          recognition of the significance of the Leyte landing in  
          liberating the Philippines from Japanese occupation, helping to  
          establish the independence of the Philippines.  Specifically,  
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)The Leyte Gulf Landing on October 20, 1944, led by General  
            MacArthur that commenced on the eastern Philippine island of  
            Leyte is remembered as the liberation of the Philippines  
            during World War II.

          2)United States troops, under General MacArthur, joined  
            Philippine military forces on the island of Leyte to recapture  
            and liberate the island from almost 3 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 enlarging 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          American Alliance of Museums
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800