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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1306 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3854 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a Vietnam War commemoration fund. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/14/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/15/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025David F. DeCoste5th Plymouth1/28/2025David K. Muradian, Jr.9th Worcester1/29/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1306 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3854 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3854) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to establishing a Vietnam War commemoration fund. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3510 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act establishing a Vietnam War commemoration fund. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the Vietnam War |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3Commemoration Fund to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States’ withdrawal |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4from the Vietnam War, a conflict in which more than 1,300 service members from |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5Massachusetts lost their lives. The fund shall be established for the purposes of constructing and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6renovating memorials, planning events, and generating educational materials. The fund shall be |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7administered by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and municipalities may apply for |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8monies from the fund, subject to the approval of the commission. The fund shall be credited |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9with: (i) revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) interest earned on such revenues; (iii) funds 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11from public and private sources such as gifts, grants, and donations to further commemoration of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12the Vietnam War. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be subject to further appropriation. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (b) Amounts received from private sources shall be approved by the commission and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14subject to review before being deposited in the fund to ensure that pledged funds are not |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15accompanied by conditions, explicit or implicit. The review shall be made publicly available. |
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