HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      Olympia, Washington

Bill Analysis      Bill No. ESJM 8001

Plaque honoring veterans from war-related injuries        Public Hrg: 3/25/97 

Brief Title

Senators Hargrove/McCaslin/Snyder               Staff Contact: B. Mauldin

Sponsor                                    Comm. on Govt. Admin.

                                           Phone: 786-7093

BACKGROUND:

In 1984, legislation was enacted authorizing the design and placement of a memorial on the capitol campus honoring Washington State residents who died or are Amissing in action@ in the southeast Asia theater of operations.  This memorial, commonly known as the Vietnam memorial, was dedicated in May 1987.

SUMMARY:

The Legislature requests that the Governor, in consultation with the director of General Administration and the state=s Vietnam veterans organizations, place a plaque on the Vietnam memorial honoring those veterans who died from war-related injuries received in the southeast Asia theater of operations.

FISCAL NOTE:  Not requested.