[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 23, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3155-S3156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-205. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of Louisiana urging the United States Congress 
     to fully fund the Corporation for National and Community 
     Service (CNCS) and its programs in fiscal year 2021; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

                  Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 54

       Whereas, the President's 2021 federal budget proposal 
     eliminates 99% of the funding to the Corporation for National 
     and Community Service which would remove funding for 
     Louisiana's LaVetCorps program and similar programs across 
     the states of Washington and Rhode Island, in addition to, 
     all other AmeriCorps programs across this state, including 
     Teach for America, VISTA, City Year, and Foster Grandparents; 
     and
       Whereas, the LDVA, in partnership with the Office of 
     Governor, Louisiana Board of Regents, Louisiana Community and 
     Technical College System (LCTCS), University of Louisiana 
     System, LSU System, and Southern University System operates 
     thirty LaVetCorps program veteran resource centers on 
     campuses across the state, encompassing all four Louisiana 
     public college systems and Xavier University of Louisiana; 
     and
       Whereas, the mission of the LaVetCorps is to empower 
     veterans, families, and campus communities to help veterans 
     returning from active duty military service to successfully 
     transition home to college and their local community; and
       Whereas, the centers assisted more than eight thousand 
     student veterans in successfully transitioning from active 
     duty to complete their college curriculum and return home; 
     and
       Whereas, at each LaVetCorps veteran resource center, an 
     LDVA-trained LaVetCorps navigator, who is also an AmeriCorps 
     service member, serves as a peer mentor/counselor to student 
     veterans in transition, works to increase student veterans' 
     access to their earned federal and state benefits, works to 
     build a vibrant on-campus veteran community, provides 
     training and support to college faculty, staff, and 
     administration to increase awareness of student veterans' 
     needs and veteran culture, and organize community service 
     projects benefitting both on- and off-campus veterans; and

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       Whereas, the impact of the LaVetCorps program is 
     significant, providing practical assistance in life-changing 
     ways as in the current year, LaVetCorps navigators have 
     served more than two thousand veterans and military-connected 
     students, with more than one hundred of these referrals 
     directly connecting to earned federal VA benefits; and
       Whereas, LaVetCorps navigators have provided direct 
     assistance through the LDVA and outside community agencies 
     that has prevented evictions, prevented unnecessary student 
     debt and provided critical immediate support for veteran 
     students in crisis; and
       Whereas, LaVetCorps has raised military awareness on 
     campuses statewide while providing peer mentoring and has 
     been responsible for organizing more than two hundred 
     volunteers in various community service projects around the 
     state; and
       Whereas, LaVetCorps is viewed by higher education officials 
     as an essential investment in veteran students and navigators 
     provide a critical level of support to recruit, retain, and 
     support veterans in their academic and personal journeys: 
     Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana memorializes 
     the Congress of the United States to fully fund the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its 
     programs in FY 2021; and be it further
       Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to 
     the secretary of the United States Senate and the clerk of 
     the United States House of Representatives and to each member 
     of the Louisiana delegation to the United States Congress.
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       POM-206. A resolution adopted by the Mayor and City Council 
     of the City of Gautier, Mississippi relative to assessments 
     on tenants, owners, or occupiers of the Singing River Mall 
     site; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       POM-207. A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas 
     relative to a constitutional amendment on the subject and 
     wording of bills or resolutions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary

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