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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY MYERS, CONNORS, BRANSTAD, KREMER,
1 3 RENKEN, and WARNSTADT
1 4 A House Resolution urging the Commission of Veterans
1 5 Affairs to provide for the establishment of a state
1 6 veterans' cemetery in central Iowa.
1 7 WHEREAS, Iowa has only one national veterans'
1 8 cemetery; and
1 9 WHEREAS, the only national veterans' cemetery is
1 10 located in Keokuk, Iowa, and is scheduled to be
1 11 without additional burial space by 2002; and
1 12 WHEREAS, federal legislation which supports the
1 13 creation of veterans' cemeteries recommends that
1 14 veterans' cemeteries should be located conveniently to
1 15 veterans and their families; and
1 16 WHEREAS, of the approximate 300,000 veterans
1 17 residing in Iowa, 192,000 veterans reside in central
1 18 Iowa; and
1 19 WHEREAS, fifty percent of the funding required to
1 20 establish a veterans' cemetery can be obtained from
1 21 federal grants; and
1 22 WHEREAS, one of the priorities of the Commission of
1 23 Veterans Affairs, when created, was the establishment
1 24 of a state veterans' cemetery; and
1 25 WHEREAS, all of the veterans' organizations in this
1 26 state have expressed support for the concept of
1 27 establishing a state veterans' cemetery; and
1 28 WHEREAS, a potential location for a state veterans'
1 29 cemetery has been identified and is available; NOW
1 30 THEREFORE,
2 1 BE IT RESOLVED, That the Iowa House of
2 2 Representatives urges the Commission of Veterans
2 3 Affairs to take the necessary steps toward planning
2 4 and establishing a state veterans' cemetery at a
2 5 centralized location in this state including the
2 6 submission of an application for a federal grant for
2 7 that purpose.
2 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa House of
2 9 Representatives consider financial support for a state
2 10 veterans' cemetery upon receipt of appropriate plans
2 11 for establishment and maintenance of the proposed
2 12 cemetery and a request for an appropriation submitted
2 13 to the House Committee on Appropriations in an amount
2 14 not to exceed $500,000.
2 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
2 16 Iowa House of Representatives send a copy of this
2 17 resolution to the Executive Director of the Commission
2 18 of Veterans Affairs.
2 19 LSB 4464HH 76
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