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AJR-49 United States Air Force B-2 bombers.(1991-1992)

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Assembly Joint Resolution No. 49
CHAPTER 124

Relative to the United States Air Force B-2 bomber.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  September 25, 1991. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AJR 49, Brown. United States Air Force B-2 bombers.
This measure would memorialize the Congress of the United States to acknowledge the B-2 bomber as vital to the future defense needs and the maintaining of the technological superiority of the United States. The measure would urge the Congress of the United States to include funding for the continued production of the United States Air Force B-2 bomber at the level requested by the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States will soon be deciding whether funding will be included within the 1991–92 Defense Authorization Bill for the continued production of the United States Air Force B-2 bomber; and
WHEREAS, A Joint Conference Committee comprised of distinguished members of the House of Representatives and the Senate will be formulating the final recommendations for the funding of all defense programs that must be approved by the President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, Stealth technology, born in California, gives the United States assured dominance over any adversary and, as proven in Operation Desert Storm, saves the lives of our men and women; and
WHEREAS, The research and manufacture of the B-2 bomber, the only stealth airplane in production anywhere in the world, is developed at Northrop Corporation’s facilities in southern California; and
WHEREAS, The B-2 program employs 12,000 people and generates additional jobs through local suppliers and subcontractors, and has a total employment impact on California of more than 35,000 jobs; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California, jointly, That the B-2 bomber is acknowledged as vital to the future defense needs and the maintaining of the technological superiority of the United States; and be it further
Resolved, That the Congress of the United is hereby urged to include funding for the continued production of the United States Air Force B-2 bomber at the level requested by the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Secretary of Defense, to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States.