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          Date of Hearing:  May 22, 2015 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          ACR 33  
          (Atkins) - As Amended May 19, 2015


          SUBJECT:  Women veterans.


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims June 12, 2015, as Women Veterans' Day and  
          urges all citizens to join in celebrating the many contributions  
          of women to our military forces.  Specifically, this resolution  
          makes the following legislative findings:


          1)Women have formally been a part of the United States Armed  
            Forces since the inception of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901,  
            but have informally served since the inception of our nation's  
            military.

          2)In 1917, the Navy announced they would open enlistment to  
            women and about 12,000 female yeomen entered the Navy and  
            filled a variety of jobs including draftsmen, interpreters,  
            couriers, and translators; and over 300 women enlisted in the  
            Marine Corps during World War I doing various administrative  
            jobs and eventually showed that they either had, or could  
            quickly learn, nontraditional skills needed by the military.

          3)With the passage of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act  
            of 1948, women became a permanent part of the United States  
            military, but it wasn't until that act was amended in 1967  
            that the restriction of 2% was lifted and women could also  








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            become senior ranked officers in the military.

          4)Even though women have been officially serving in the military  
            since the creation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901; they have  
            not always been considered qualified for veteran status for  
            the purpose of receiving benefits from the Department of  
            Veterans Affairs; and, it wasn't until well after World War II  
            that women who served in the military began to officially be  
            recognized as veterans and were able to take advantage of  
            programs, opportunities, and benefits from the federal and  
            state government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and  
            other veteran service organizations.

          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          American Legion, Department of California


          AMVETS, Department of California


          California Association of County Veterans Service Officers


          California State Commanders Veterans Council


          Military Officers Association of America, California Council of  
          Chapters









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          Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California


          Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council




          Opposition


          None on file




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