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          Date of Hearing:   April 26, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                     SCR 27 (Correa) - As Amended:  April 9, 2012

           SENATE VOTE :   38-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Black April Memorial Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims the week of April 23 to April 30, 2012, 
          inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, to remember the 
          countless lives lost during the Vietnam War era, and to hope for 
          a more humane and just life for the people of Vietnam.  
          Specifically,  this resolution makes the following legislative 
          findings:

          1)For many Vietnam and Vietnam-era veterans who were directly 
            involved in the war and Vietnamese Americans who have settled 
            in the United States, the Vietnam War was a tragedy full of 
            great suffering and the loss of American, Vietnamese, and 
            Southeast Asian lives.  

          2)One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam became a 
            casualty of war; and out of the 2.59 million people who served 
            in the Vietnam War, 58,169 people were killed and 304,000 were 
            wounded.

          3)April 30, 2012, marks the 37th anniversary of the fall of 
            Saigon in 1975 to communism.

          4)We must teach our children and future generations important 
            lessons from the Vietnam War; and Californians should set 
            aside moments of time every year on April 30 to give 
            remembrance to the soldiers, medical personnel, and civilians 
            who died during the Vietnam War era in pursuit of freedom. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           








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            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


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