GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1202

Short Title:  National W.W. II Memorial Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Robinson, Rand; Albertson, Ballance, Basnight, Carpenter, Carter, Clodfelter, Dalton, Dannelly, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Gulley, Hagan, Hartsell, Horton, Hoyle, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Metcalf, Miller, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Purcell, Reeves, Shaw of Cumberland, Shaw of Guilford, Soles, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Appropriations/Base Budget.

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May 10, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO FUND THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Whereas, on May 25, 1992, Public Law 103-32 authorized the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., or its environs as the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II and acknowledging the commitment and achievement of the entire nation; and
Whereas, the Memorial, which will honor the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, the more than 400,000 who died, and the millions who supported the war effort from home, will be constructed at the east end of the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument and will be constructed using $100 million of donated funds; and
Whereas, the American Battle Monuments Commission, first established in 1923, and currently made up of distinguished Americans, challenged the states to voluntarily contribute $1.00 for each resident who served during World War II; and
Whereas, according to the records of the United States Veterans Administration, of the more than 392,000 who served during World War II from this State, the 6,367 North Carolinians killed in action had made the ultimate sacrifice toward ensuring freedom throughout the world and should be honored at a national World War II Memorial; and
Whereas, as of May 1999, 22 other states had already appropriated their voluntary contributions toward the construction of the national World War II Memorial; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Veterans Affairs the sum of three hundred ninety-two thousand dollars ($392,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to fund the voluntary contribution of the State of North Carolina toward the construction of the national World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.