BILL NUMBER: SJR 29	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Wright, Aanestad, Ashburn, Cogdill, Correa,
Cox, Dutton, Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Maldonado, Runner,
Strickland, Walters, and Wyland
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Lowenthal   and Romero   ) 
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Fletcher,
Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Jeffries,
Knight, Lieu, Logue,  Bonnie Lowenthal,  Miller, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, and Villines)

                        APRIL 7, 2010

   Relative to the aerospace industry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 29, as amended, Wright. Aerospace industry: C-17 production.
   This measure would urge the President of the United States, the
United States Congress, and the Department of Defense to take
immediate and necessary actions to protect national security by
ensuring continuation of C-17 production to meet future domestic and
international airlift needs and to preserve the crown jewel of the
American industrial base.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Effective military and global humanitarian missions
require that the United States military be able to maintain and have
access to 21st century airlifters that are prepared to respond on a
moment's notice anywhere in the world to any and all needs; and
   WHEREAS, Anticipating the need for additional proven and highly
capable airlifters, extending C-17 production is in the best interest
of the American people; and
   WHEREAS, C-5 retirement restrictions in the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 hinder the Air Force's
latitude to more efficiently manage its strategic airlift fleet; and
   WHEREAS, The C-17 fleet is one of the United States military's
most successful acquisition programs with an outstanding record of
on-budget and ahead-of-schedule deliveries to the Air Force; and
   WHEREAS, The increased activities of United States military
presence worldwide has made the C-17 the preeminent airlifter for the
efficient deployment of troops and cargo to locations around the
globe; and
   WHEREAS, The humanitarian aid offered in the wake of the 9/11
terrorist attack, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Asian tsunami, the
Pakistan earthquake, the Chinese earthquake, the Myanmar cyclone,
and the Haiti earthquake has been supported by the C-17's ability to
rapidly deliver critical supplies and equipment to victims of natural
disasters; and
   WHEREAS, Without a commitment to extend aircraft production, the
C-17 supply base will  start   begin  to
disappear in 2011 and the production line in Long Beach will close in
the summer of 2012; and
   WHEREAS, The C-17 has provided work for over 650 suppliers in 44
states, resulting in $5.8 billion being added annually to the nation'
s economy. For California, a shutdown of the production line would
have an impact on 13,857 jobs, 384 suppliers, and a statewide
economic impact of $2 billion annually; and
   WHEREAS, Despite its record of success and proven reliability for
the United States military, the C-17 is caught in the middle of
Washington, D.C.'s complex budgetary process with the future of the
aircraft, over 30,000 American jobs, and the industrial base it
supports in jeopardy; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the California Legislature urges the
President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the
Department of Defense to take immediate and necessary actions to
protect this national security asset by ensuring continuation of C-17
production to meet future domestic and international airlift needs
and to preserve the crown jewel of the American industrial base; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States.