BILL NUMBER: SR 8	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 28, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 19, 1950
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla
   (Coauthors: Senators Corbett, Evans, Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, and
Wright)

                        JANUARY 26, 2011

   Relative to Peace Corps Month


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The Peace Corps has become an enduring symbol of our
nation's commitment to encourage progress, create opportunity, and
expand development at the grassroots level in the developing world;
and
   WHEREAS, On March 1, 2011, the Peace Corps celebrates the 50th
anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's signing of Executive Order
10924 establishing the Peace Corps; and
   WHEREAS, The Congress authorized the Peace Corps through the Peace
Corps Act that declared the program's purpose to promote world peace
and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall be made available
to interested countries and areas where men and women of the United
States are qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under
conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of those
countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower; and
   WHEREAS, More than 200,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps
volunteers in 139 countries since 1961; and
   WHEREAS, Over the past 50 years, 27,300 men and women from
California have responded to our nation's call to serve by joining
the Peace Corps, making California the largest source of Peace Corps
volunteers in the nation; and
   WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have made significant and lasting
contributions around the world in agriculture, education, health,
business development, and the environment, and have improved the
lives of individuals and communities around the world; and
   WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers have strengthened the ties of
friendship and understanding between the people of the United States
and those of other countries; and
   WHEREAS, Peace Corps volunteers, enriched by their understanding
of other cultures and traditions and experiences overseas, have
brought home to their communities throughout the United States a
commitment to service, thereby bringing a domestic dividend to our
nation; and
   WHEREAS, It is indeed fitting to recognize the achievements of the
Peace Corps and honor its volunteers, past and present, and reaffirm
our country's commitment to helping people help themselves
throughout the world; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That it takes
great pleasure in commending the United States Peace Corps on the
occasion of its 50th anniversary and that it declares the month of
March 2011 as Peace Corps Month in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.