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R-8732 . . Councll:TV:bs Clty Council Meetlng: March 8, 1994 Santa Monica, Callfornla RESOLUTION NO. 8732 (Clty Council Serles} A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUPPORTING HOUSE RESOLUTION 3495 AND SENATE BILL 1704, AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986 TO EXTEND EDUCATION SERVICES. WHEREAS, the Immigratlon Reform and Control Act of 1986 provided signlficant assistance to legal residents and legal lmmigrants towards thelr becoming citizens of the Unlted States; and WHEREAS, the Immlgratlon Reform and Control Act of 1986 contalns a prOViS10n WhlCh provldes educatlonal assistance to states, known as State Legallzation Impact Assistance Grants (SLIAG}; and WHEREAS, SLIAG has directly aided hundreds of thousands of legal residents and legal lmmigrants In Callfornla by providlng English, Amerlcan Hlstory, and American Government classes through publlc and prlvate non-profit organizatlons; and WHEREAS, the Immlgratlon Reform and Control Act of 1986 and State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants have aSSlsted many resldents to become lnformed and productive citlzensi and WHEREAS, a current House of Representatlves blll, H.R 3495 (Gutlerrez) and a current Senate bill, S. 1704 (Slmon), would extend the eliglbllity of SLIAG funds through September 30, 1997 to ..- . . continue provlding education services; and WHEREAS, both of these bllls provlde for use of previously unexpended SLIAG funds and do not require addltlonal federal monies. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: To support and encourage approval of H.R. 3495 and S. 1704, amendlng the Immigratlon Reform and Control Act of 1986. SECTION 2. Thls resolutlon shall be forwarded by the Office of the Mayor to President Cllnton, U. S. Senators Dianne Feinsteln, Barbara Boxer, Paul Simon, Joseph Blden, and George Mltchell, U.S. Representatives Mlchael Huffington, LUls V. Gutierrez, Jack Brooks and Tom Foley. SECTION 3' The Clty Clerk shall certlfy to the adoptlon of this Resolutlon, and thenceforth the same shall be In full force and effect. APPROVED AS TO FORM: /l16.i.JU ~ 7t/ IU~ ~SHA M~TRIE I CITY ATTt'JRNEY . . State of Cahforma County of Los Angeles City of Santa Monica I, ClarIce E. Dykhouse, CIty Clerk of the CIty of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief; the foregomg IS a full, true and correct copy(s) of ResolutIOn Number 8732 (CCS) on me in The CIty Clerk's Department, and that I have carefully compared the same with the original(s) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affIXed the seal of the CIty of Santa Monica, this 14th day of March 1994. ~~~~/ f)~~ - -:-:crarice,'li Dykhouse, cMC --- Gtyj:lerk ,,,- _ - CI~ of~i.~ta'-Monica