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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 98
          Author:   Wyland (R)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    Gerald Ford Day

           SOURCE  :     Torch 1975


           DIGEST  :    This resolution recognizes April 5 of each year as  
          Gerald Ford Day, to honor the 38th President of the United  
          States during the anniversary of Operation Babylift, which he  
          authorized to evacuate orphans from South Vietnam at the end of  
          the Vietnam War.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1.President Gerald R. Ford served as the 38th President of the  
            United States and was a U.S. Navy World War II Veteran and  
            Veterans of Foreign Wars Life Member.

          2.President Gerald R. Ford, in a profound humanitarian act,  
            authorized a 
          $2 million fund and announced that the U.S. government would  
            begin evacuating otherwise slaughtered Asian American orphans  
            from Saigon on a series of 30 planned flights, resulting in  
            more than 2,700 children adopted in the U.S.

          3.Operation Babylift was the name given to the mass evacuation  
            on April 3 through April 26, 1975, of orphans from South  
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            Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War.

          4.Operation Babylift was one of the greatest humanitarian acts  
            of the 20th century with a positive impact on some 4,000  
            babies' lives worldwide.

          This resolution recognizes April 5 of each year as Gerald Ford  
          Day, in honor of his heroic stand to bring our children home.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT :   (Verified  3/13/14)

          Torch 1975 (source)


          AL:k  3/13/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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