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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 127 (Bonta)
          As Amended  May 27, 2014
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |78-0 |(May 15, 2014)  |SENATE: |33-0 |(June 5, 2014) |
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           Original Committee Reference:    RLS.

          SUMMARY  :  Declares April 9, 2014, and every April 9 thereafter,  
          as Bataan Death March Veterans Commemoration Day.

           The Senate amendments  make technical changes, add coauthors, and  
          also add the following additional clause:

          WHEREAS, many survivors were forced to labor in prison camps in  
          the Philippines and Japan while prisoners of war.

           AS PASSED BY ASSEMBLY  , the resolution made the following  
          legislative findings:

          1)On April 9, 1942, during World War II, the Japanese Army  
            forced 78,000 Filipino and American soldiers to march 82 miles  
            from Bataan to Camp O'Donnell; and, during this march these  
            soldiers endured brutal conditions and suffered heinous war  
            crimes resulting in the death of 10,000 soldiers.

          2)The Bataan Death March was the greatest loss of American and  
            Filipino prisoners of war during World War II; and  
            Californians owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers who gave  
            up their freedom and perished in service of their countries to  
            preserve our freedoms and our lives.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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