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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY KIBBIE, HUSAK, PRIEBE, GIANNETTO,
1 3 BOSWELL, JENSEN, IVERSON, AND DRAKE
1 4 A Senate 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 Senate urges the
2 2 Commission of Veterans Affairs to take the necessary
2 3 steps toward planning and establishing a state
2 4 veterans' cemetery at a centralized location in this
2 5 state including the submission of an application for a
2 6 federal grant for that purpose.
2 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Iowa Senate
2 8 consider financial support for a state veterans'
2 9 cemetery upon receipt of appropriate plans for
2 10 establishment and maintenance of the proposed cemetery
2 11 and a request for an appropriation submitted to the
2 12 Senate Committee on Appropriations in an amount not to
2 13 exceed $500,000.
2 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of the
2 15 Senate send a copy of this resolution to the executive
2 16 director of the Commission of Veterans Affairs.
2 17 LSB 4464SS 76
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