BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 17| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SCR 17 Author: Block (D), et al. Introduced:2/4/15 Vote: 21 SUBJECT: Navy Reserve Day SOURCE: Navy Region Southwest DIGEST: This resolution commemorates March 3, 2015, as the 100th anniversary of the United States Navy Reserve. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1.The Naval Appropriations Act dated March 3, 1915, established a United States Naval Reserve to "consist of citizens of the United States who have been or may be entitled to be honorably discharged from the Navy after not less than one four-year term of enlistment or after a term of enlistment during minority." 2.Men and women of the United States Navy Reserve have trained and served alongside their active duty counterparts in California since World War I. 3.In 1926, the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps was first established, entrusted to only six American universities including the University of California. 4.Tens of thousands of sailors in the Navy's Reserve, along with SCR 17 Page 2 their families, are presently living and serving in California; and, for 100 years, California has demonstrated its commitment to the Navy Reserve, and its sailors and families, by being home to the following: Military Ocean Terminal Concord Naval Air Facility El Centro Naval Air Station Lemoore Naval Air Station North Island Naval Air Station Point Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island Naval Base Coronado Naval Base Point Loma Naval Base Ventura County Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach Naval Postgraduate School Monterey Naval Station San Diego Naval Submarine Base San Diego Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Navy Region Southwest This resolution commemorates March 3, 2015, as the 100th anniversary of the United States Navy Reserve in the State of California and encourages all Californians to take part in the ceremonies commemorating the centennial, and urges that the necessary steps be taken to inform Californians of the date of these ceremonies and the locations of these events, so that all may have the opportunity to show the importance of the United States Navy's Reserve. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified2/18/15) SCR 17 Page 3 Navy Region Southwest (source) Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520 2/18/15 15:59:34 SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****