Senate Study Bill 1070 


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  1  1              SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2           BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
  1  3                RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL)
  1  4 A Concurrent Resolution urging continued support and
  1  5    protection for programs that support Iowa's
  1  6    veterans and their families.
  1  7    WHEREAS, Iowans are justly proud of our citizens who have
  1  8 honorably served our country through military service; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, Iowa veterans and their dependents deserve our
  1 10 support, and recent legislation has provided financial
  1 11 assistance to veterans and their families through the Veterans
  1 12 Trust Fund, the Injured Veterans Grant Program, and the
  1 13 Military Service Member Home Ownership Assistance Program; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, the Veterans Trust Fund was established as a way
  1 15 to provide financial assistance to veterans from interest and
  1 16 earnings on the fund and moneys appropriated for that purpose;
  1 17 and
  1 18    WHEREAS, the Injured Veterans Grant Program provides up to
  1 19 $10,000 to members or former members of the U.S. military who
  1 20 are residents of Iowa and were seriously injured in the Iraq
  1 21 or Afghanistan theatre of operation to allow family members to
  1 22 be with the veteran during recovery from their injuries; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the Military Service Member Home Ownership
  1 24 Assistance Program helps eligible armed forces service members
  1 25 purchase a primary residence in Iowa by providing up to $5,000
  1 26 that may be used toward down payment on a qualifying home
  1 27 purchase or closing costs on a qualifying first purchase money
  1 28 mortgage; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, each of these programs depends upon continued and
  1 30 consistent appropriations and financial support to ensure that
  1 31 the benefits provided by these programs are available to those
  1 32 veterans and their families who deserve and need them, NOW
  1 33 THEREFORE,
  1 34    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  1 35 CONCURRING, That the General Assembly pledges its support for
  2  1 continuing and maintaining these programs that provide needed
  2  2 assistance to Iowa's veterans; and
  2  3    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly
  2  4 recognizes that providing needed financial resources for
  2  5 veterans' programs is an ongoing responsibility of the state;
  2  6 and
  2  7    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly promises
  2  8 that support for Iowa's veterans shall remain a priority of
  2  9 all Iowans and that these needed programs for veterans shall
  2 10 be maintained and strengthened.
  2 11 LSB 1269SC 83
  2 12 ec/nh/8