[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 202 Referred in House (RFH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 202

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1994

       Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
      Commemorating June 22, 1994, as the 50th anniversary of the 
                 Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.

Whereas on June 22, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the 
        Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the GI Bill of 
        Rights of 1944;
Whereas the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 has provided education and training 
        benefits to over 7,800,000 United States veterans;
Whereas the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 is credited with contributing to the 
        robust recovery of the United States post-World War II economy;
Whereas Acts enacted subsequent to the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 have provided 
        education and training benefits to 12,500,000 United States veterans, 
        making education and training opportunities for those veterans 
        obtainable and affordable;
Whereas the GI Bill of Rights of 1944, and subsequent Acts, established home 
        loan programs for United States veterans which, since 1944, have 
        guaranteed over 14,000,000 loans, totaling over $400,000,000,000, 
        providing home ownership opportunities to millions of United States 
        veterans and their families;
Whereas the GI Bill of Rights of 1944, and subsequent Acts, have been recognized 
        by political, business, sociocultural, and educational leaders as 
        landmark pieces of legislation which have collectively contributed to 
        the development of the United States middle class; and
Whereas Congress has repeatedly expressed its support of the goals of the GI 
        Bill of Rights of 1944 through enactment of subsequent Acts: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That June 22, 1994, be 
commemorated as the 50th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment 
Act of 1944, and the President is authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe that 
day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

            Passed the Senate June 22 (legislative day, June 7), 1994.

            Attest:

                                                MARTHA S. POPE,

                                                             Secretary.