Bill Text: CA SJR12 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Joint Resolution 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 165, Statutes of 2018. [SJR12 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SJR12-Chaptered.html

Senate Joint Resolution No. 12

CHAPTER 165

Relative to international exchange programs.

[ Filed with Secretary of State August 24, 2018. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SJR 12, Wiener. Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

This measure would encourage the federal government to maintain or restore full funding to integral international exchange programs, such as the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, United States international exchange programs, such as the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, are vital to creating and fostering relationships with countries around the world and to the promotion of international peace and diplomacy; and

WHEREAS, The current federal administration has submitted a budget proposal that, if adopted, would result in a devastating 71 percent cut to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for fiscal year 2019; and

WHEREAS, The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries; and

WHEREAS, The Fulbright U.S. Student Program was founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946, and it is known as the gold standard in international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists, and artists; and

WHEREAS, Fulbright U.S. Student Program alumni have achieved distinction in government, science, the arts, business, philanthropy, education, and athletics; and

WHEREAS, The prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program has helped develop 84 Pulitzer Prize winners, 59 Nobel Prize recipients, and 71 MacArthur Foundation fellows, and 37 alumni have served as heads of state or government, 10 have been elected to the United States Congress, and one has served as Secretary General of the United Nations; and

WHEREAS, Many private and public California higher education institutions have excelled in preparing competitive applicants for these scholarship awards; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature encourages the federal government to maintain or restore full funding to integral international exchange programs, such as the Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.