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CA SJR26
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
- Urges the United States Congress to transfer the Mare Island Naval Cemetery from the City of Vallejo to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- Requests that the National Cemetery Administration restore the cemetery to national cemetery standards and provide perpetual care and maintenance
- Notes the cemetery is the oldest military cemetery on the West Coast with over 900 veteran burials that has deteriorated since the Navy transferred it to Vallejo in 1996
- References Representative Mike Thompson's introduced legislation (H.R. 5588) directing the VA Secretary to negotiate transfer of the cemetery from the City of Vallejo
- Directs the California Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, and California's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Mare Island Naval Cemetery.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 109, Statutes of 2018.
6/26/2018
Committee Referrals
Veterans Affairs5/31/2018
Rules5/9/2018
Full Bill Text
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