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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Joint
8		-	~~Resolution~~ No. 3
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	6	+	No. 3
9	7		January Session, 2019
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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13	19		RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRE SS TO RECOGNIZE
14	20		WOMEN IN THE CADET N URSE CORPS DURING WO RLD WAR II AS
15	21		VETERANS.
16	22		Resolved by this Assembly:
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18	24		WHEREAS, after the United States entered World War II, the 1
19	25		demand for nurses increased dramatically, outstripping supply and 2
20	26		creating a nursing shortage; and 3
21	27		WHEREAS, in order to alleviate this critical shortage, a plan was 4
22	28		conceived to accelerate the training of nursing students and allow such 5
23	29		nursing students to serve during such training; and 6
24	30		WHEREAS, on March 29, 1943, Congresswoman Frances P. Bolton 7
25	31		of Ohio introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives 8
26	32		to establish a special government program to facilitate the training of 9
27	33		nurses, which bill was passed unanimously by both chambers of 10
28	34		Congress, was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 11
29	35		June 15, 1943, and became effective as Public Law 74 on July 1, 1943; 12
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31	42		WHEREAS, the Bolton Act of 1943 created the Cadet Nurse Corps to 14
32	43		be administered by the United States Public Health Service and 15
33	44		supervised by the Division of Nurse Education, which division 16
34		-	reported to the Surgeon General of the United States; and 17 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 3
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	45	+	reported to the Surgeon General of the United States; and 17
41	46		WHEREAS, over one thousand nursing schools throughout the 18
42	47		United States joined the Cadet Nurse program during its existence, 19
43	48		facilitating the training of over 125,000 nurses during World War II 20
44	49		and greatly increasing the wartime supply of nurses and care for 21
45	50		American citizens on both the home and war fronts; and 22
46	51		WHEREAS, by replacing graduate nurses who had already entered 23
47	52		into active duty in the armed forces of the United States, the Cadet 24
48	53		Nurse Corps prevented the collapse of nursing care in hospitals 25
49	54		throughout the United States and service members returned from war 26
50	55		to a strong health care system and received necessary and quality care 27
51	56		from Cadet Nurses; and 28
52	57		WHEREAS, having demonstrated their skill, devotion and 29
53	58		patriotism, members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps deserve 30
54	59		the utmost admiration and appreciation of the nation; and 31
55	60		WHEREAS, a former member of the Cadet Nurse Corps is not 32
56	61		included in the United States government's definition of what 33
57	62		constitutes a "veteran", and accordingly such former member is not 34
58	63		eligible to receive certain veterans' benefits administered by the United 35
59	64		States Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies; and 36
60	65		WHEREAS, recognizing former members of the Cadet Nurse Corps 37
61	66		as veterans would be an appropriate and warranted gesture of 38
62	67		commendation and gratitude to women whose service and dedication 39
63	68		to their communities and to their nation deserves such a gesture. 40
64	69		NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Connecticut 41
65	70		General Assembly hereby petitions the United States Congress to 42
66	71		amend federal law to recognize as veterans those women who served 43
67		-	honorably during World War II as members of the Cadet Nurse Corps; 44
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69		-	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the clerk s of the House of 46
70		-	Representatives and the Senate cause a copy of this resolution be 47
71		-	transmitted to the Speaker of the United States House of 48 Substitute Senate Joint Resolution No. 3
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78		-	Representatives, the President of the United States Senate and all 49
79		-	members of the Connecticut congressional delegation. 50
80		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
81		-	At the end of the resolution, the paragraph beginning with the phrase
82		-	"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED" was added for consistency with
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	77	+	honorably during World War II as members of the Cadet Nurse Corps. 44
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	79	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.; REP. RYAN, 139th Dist.
	80	+	REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.; REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
	81	+	REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
	82	+	REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.; REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist.
	83	+	REP. BOYD, 50th Dist.; SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
	84	+	REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
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