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          Date of Hearing:   March 10, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                    HR 8 (Valadao) - As Introduced:  March 1, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   Peace Corps Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares the month of March 2011 as Peace Corps Month 
          in California and commends the United States Peace Corps on the 
          occasion of its 50th anniversary.  Specifically,  this resolution  
          makes the following legislative findings: 

          1)The Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our nation's 
            commitment to encourage progress, create opportunity, and 
            expand development at the grassroots level in the developing 
            world; and March 1, 2011, marks the 50th anniversary of 
            President John F. Kennedy's signing of Executive Order 10924 
            which established the Peace Corps.

          2)Since 1961, more than 200,000 Americans have served as Peace 
            Corps volunteers; and, California is the largest source of 
            Peace Corps volunteers in the nation with 27,300 men and women 
            serving over the past 50 years.

          3)Peace Corps volunteers have made significant and lasting 
            contributions around the world in agriculture, education, 
            health, business development, and the environment; thereby 
            improving the lives of others around the world and 
            strengthening the friendship and understanding between the 
            people of the United States and other countries.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800