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CA SCR98
Concurrent Resolution
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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