Bill Text: CA AR8 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to Peace Corps Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 544.). [AR8 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AR8-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: HR 8 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Valadao
MARCH 1, 2011
Relative to Peace Corps Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST
WHEREAS, The Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our
nation's commitment to encourage progress, create opportunity, and
expand development at the grassroots level in the developing world;
and
WHEREAS, On March 1, 2011, the Peace Corps celebrates the 50th
anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's signing of Executive Order
10924 establishing the Peace Corps; and
WHEREAS, Congress authorized the Peace Corps through the Peace
Corps Act that declared the program's purpose to promote world peace
and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall be made available
to interested countries and areas where men and women of the United
States are qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under
conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of those
countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower; and
WHEREAS, More than 200,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps
volunteers in 139 countries since 1961; and
WHEREAS, Over the past 50 years, 27,300 men and women from
California have responded to our nation's call to serve by joining
the Peace Corps, making California the largest source of Peace Corps
volunteers in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have made significant and lasting
contributions around the world in agriculture, education, health,
business development, and the environment, and have improved the
lives of individuals and communities around the world; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have strengthened the ties of
friendship and understanding between the people of the United States
and those of other countries; and
WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers, enriched by their understanding
of other cultures and traditions and experiences overseas, have
brought home to their communities throughout the United States a
commitment to service, thereby bringing a domestic dividend to our
nation; and
WHEREAS, It is indeed fitting to recognize the achievements of the
Peace Corps and honor its volunteers, past and present, and reaffirm
our country's commitment to helping people help themselves
throughout the world; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly takes great pleasure in commending the United States Peace
Corps on the occasion of its 50th anniversary and declares the month
of March 2011 as Peace Corps Month in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
