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HOUSE RESOLUTION 414


 

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    WHEREAS,
The General Assembly declares that it
is the

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policy of this State to promote peace and friendship with 
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African nations
and to promote the
success of the descendants 
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of
persons from
Africa who reside in this State
through the 
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creation of the Illinois
Africa-America Peace Brigade; and

 

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    WHEREAS, the purposes of the Illinois Africa-America Peace 
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Brigade shall be
as follows: to
make available to
interested

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African
nations men and women of this State qualified for 
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service abroad and willing to
serve
under conditions of 
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hardship if necessary in order
to help the peoples of African 
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nations
in meeting
their needs for trained manpower, 
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particularly in meeting the basic needs of
those living
in the 
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poorest areas of those countries; to help promote a better

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understanding of the
citizens of this State on the part of the 
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peoples served and a
better
understanding of other peoples on 
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the part of the citizens of this State; and
to provide 
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emergency resources, especially human
resources, to
failing 
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schools in the urban inner-city areas of this State in order
to 
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provide those failing schools with their need for trained

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manpower in
meeting the basic and remedial educational needs of 
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African-American students;
therefore, be it

 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

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there is
created the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade Task 
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Force consisting of 5
members appointed as follows: 3 members 
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of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the 
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House, one of whom shall be designated the
chairperson by the 
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 2 members of
the 
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House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of 
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the House of
Representatives, all of whom shall serve without 
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compensation but shall be
reimbursed for their reasonable and 
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necessary expenses from funds
appropriated for that purpose; 
 


 






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and be it further

 

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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study various issues 
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relating to the
promotion of peace and friendship with African 
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nations and the promotion of the
success of Illinois residents 
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who are descendants of persons from Africa
through the creation 
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of
the Illinois Africa-America Peace Brigade; and be it
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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall receive the assistance 
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of legislative
staff,
may employ skilled experts with the 
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approval of the House of Representatives,
and shall report its 
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findings to the General Assembly on or before March 31,
2005.