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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 46
Author: Frazier (D)
Amended: 8/20/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 7/3/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Birth anomalies: children of veterans
SOURCE : AMVETS - Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America - California State
Council
DIGEST : This resolution urges the United States Congress to
pass and the President to sign into law, Senate Bill 2738 and
encourages the members of the California Congressional
Delegation to join as coauthors on the bill.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/14 correct bill references, and
make other spelling and technical corrections.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Over the years millions have served our great nation in the
Armed Forces of the United States. During their service many
have been exposed to toxins with unknown consequences. Most
of these veterans did not know they were exposed to harmful
materials, with many of these veterans suffering from the
harmful effects of these toxins.
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2.Many children and grandchildren of these veterans were born
with both structural and nonstructural defects. Some have
been accepted by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) as a result of the exposures from their parent's
service.
3.Birth anomalies in the children of veterans are not tracked as
normal birth defects, so most go unreported, unexplained, and
not researched.
4.The VA and the Department of Defense have been tracking toxic
exposures and possible exposures without follow-up research on
the veterans and their offspring.
5.Senate Bill 2738 will create a center of excellence to test,
study, and find solutions to the illnesses and anomalies
affecting the children of veterans from all eras and duty
stations. This center would be created within the VA and
monitored by committees to ensure transparency. Senate Bill
2738 will also create a database of birth defects and
anomalies both structural and nonstructural.
This resolution urges the United States Congress to pass and the
President to sign into law, Senate Bill 2738 and encourages the
members of the California Congressional Delegation to join as
coauthors on the bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/20/14)
AMVETS - Department of California (co-source)
Vietnam Veterans of America - California State Council
(co-source)
American Legion - Department of California
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California State Commanders Veterans Council
Jewish War Veterans, Department of California
Military Officers Association of America - California Council of
Chapters
Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of California
Reserve Officers Association of the United States, Department of
the Golden West
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Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Department of California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 7/3/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra,
Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Beth Gaines, Vacancy
AL:e 8/20/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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