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          Date of Hearing:   July 3, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                     SCR 98 (Wyland) - As Amended:  July 1, 2014

           SENATE VOTE  :   28-0
           
          SUBJECT:   Gerald Ford Day.
           
          SUMMARY  :   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. Specifically,  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 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  
            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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
            Opposition 
           








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