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CA SCR98

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

8/13/2014

Primary Sponsor

Mark Wyland

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Origin

Senate

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes April 5 of each year as Gerald Ford Day to honor the 38th President of the United States
  • Commemorates Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation authorized by President Ford from April 3-26, 1975, that evacuated orphans from South Vietnam during the end of the Vietnam War
  • President Ford authorized a $2,000,000 fund and 30 planned flights that resulted in more than 2,700 Asian American children being adopted in the United States
  • On April 5, 1975, President Ford traveled from Palm Springs to San Francisco International Airport to welcome the evacuated babies, personally carrying one child, Nikki Logan, off the aircraft
  • Operation Babylift is recognized as one of the greatest humanitarian acts of the 20th century, with a positive impact on approximately 4,000 babies' lives worldwide

Legislative Description

Gerald Ford Day.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2014.

8/13/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules5/8/2014
Rules3/10/2014

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