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CA AJR20

Joint Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

8/12/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jim Patterson

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress and the President to allow states to extend burial and memorial benefits to Hmong veterans at state veterans cemeteries
  • Notes that 30,000-40,000 Hmong soldiers were killed during the Vietnam War while serving in CIA-directed Special Guerrilla Units in Laos
  • References the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which granted Hmong and Laotian veterans burial benefits in national veterans cemeteries (except Arlington National Cemetery)
  • Highlights that states currently cannot offer Hmong veterans burial in state cemeteries without risking loss of Department of Veterans Affairs funding
  • Directs the Chief Clerk to transmit the resolution to the President, Vice President, congressional leadership, and California's federal representatives

Legislative Description

State veterans cemeteries: Hmong veterans.

Last Action

Re-referred to Com. on V.A.

8/21/2019

Committee Referrals

Veterans Affairs8/21/2019
Rules8/13/2019
Veterans Affairs6/13/2019

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