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House Bill 9253




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9253

        By Representatives Starks, Fuller, Thrasher, Villalobos,
    Valdes, Sembler, Harrington, Diaz de la Portilla, Morse,
    Rojas, Bitner and Rodriguez-Chomat




  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recommending the Governor exercise

  3         his veto authority by striking any

  4         appropriation of funds for fiscal year

  5         1997-1998 that supports any embassy operations

  6         in Vietnam.

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  8         WHEREAS, the Vietnam Conflict was a costly and tragic

  9  period in America's history, and

10         WHEREAS, over 480,000 Floridians served in the Armed

11  Forces of their country and represented their communities and

12  families during the era of this conflict, and

13         WHEREAS, 83 Floridians were listed as Prisoners of War

14  or Missing in Action in Southeast Asia, and

15         WHEREAS, 1,958 of the 480,000 Floridians who served in

16  this war were killed in action, and

17         WHEREAS, the Government of Vietnam has failed to

18  provide a full accounting of Americans missing or killed in

19  action, and

20         WHEREAS, the Conference Report on Senate Bill 2400

21  contains an appropriation of $270,000 in General Revenue funds

22  for the purpose of supporting a Southeast Trade Operations

23  Center in the soon to be established Vietnam American Embassy

24  Office, NOW, THEREFORE,

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26  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

27  Florida:

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29         That the House of Representatives of the State of

30  Florida urges the Governor, pursuant to his authority under

31  Section 8(a) of Article III of the State Constitution, to veto

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9253

    505-153A-97






  1  the appropriation of $270,000 for the Southeast Asia Trade

  2  Operations-Vietnam Embassy Office, appearing in the proviso

  3  following Specific Appropriation 1649C of the 1997-1998

  4  General Appropriations Act.

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