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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 26 – Basque Homeland, peace actions

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 26

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HJM026....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
BASQUE HOMELAND - Stating findings of the Legislature, recognizing the
Basque ETA terrorist organization's decision to lay down its arms and
commending and congratulating the governments of the Basque Autonomous
Region and of Spain and all other parties in Spain and France for their
actions to promote the cessation of violence and to achieve a lasting peace
in the Basque Homeland and all of Europe.
                                                                        
04/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
04/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/10    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 66-0-4
    Floor Sponsor - Bilbao
    Title apvd - To Senate
04/10    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
04/11    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Little
    Title apvd - to House
04/12    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
    To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 26
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED  STATES  IN  CONGRESS
  3        ASSEMBLED,  AND  TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
  4        IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT OF  THE  GOVERN-
  5        MENT  OF  THE  BASQUE  AUTONOMOUS  REGION  OF SPAIN, THE PRIME MINISTER OF
  6        SPAIN, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE.
                                                                        
  7        We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of  the
  8    State  of  Idaho  assembled  in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth
  9    Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
 10        WHEREAS, during the early part of the twentieth century, a wave of  Basque
 11    immigrants  left  the  Basque  region of northern Spain and southern France to
 12    come to Idaho and other states of the American West; and
 13        WHEREAS, the state of Idaho has long been known as the North American cen-
 14    ter of the Basque population and many citizens of this state have  kept  close
 15    ties  to  the  homeland of their forefathers in the Basque region of Spain and
 16    France; and
 17        WHEREAS, from the time of the government  of  Francisco  Franco  of  Spain
 18    until  the  present, the Basque Homeland has experienced decades of terror and
 19    violence in large part due to a group organized under the name of  Euskadi  ta
 20    Askatasuna (ETA); and
 21        WHEREAS,  in  the year 1972, the Second Regular Session of the Forty-first
 22    Idaho Legislature adopted Senate Joint Memorial No. 115, condemning  the  gov-
 23    ernment  of  Francisco  Franco  of Spain and urging peace and democracy in the
 24    Basque Homeland of Spain; and
 25        WHEREAS, in the year 2002, the Second Regular Session of  the  Fifty-sixth
 26    Idaho  Legislature  adopted Senate Joint Memorial No. 114, which condemned ETA
 27    and all other terrorist organizations operating in  the  world  and  expressed
 28    strong support for an immediate end to violence in the Basque Homeland and for
 29    the establishment of peace through all lawful means; and
 30        WHEREAS,  Senate  Joint Memorial No. 114, 2002, condemned all acts of ter-
 31    rorism and violence committed by any and  all  organizations  and  individuals
 32    within the Basque Homeland and throughout the world, such as ETA; and
 33        WHEREAS,  on  March  22, 2006, ETA announced that it is permanently ending
 34    its campaign of violence and laying down its arms; and
 35        WHEREAS, the governments of the Basque Autonomous Region  and  Spain  have
 36    vigorously  and  endlessly  opposed  violence  in the Basque Homeland and have
 37    engaged in an active effort to end the violence and establish a lasting peace.
 38        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 39    sion  of  the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 40    the Senate concurring therein, that the state of Idaho recognizes ETA's  deci-
 41    sion  to  lay  down its arms and commends and congratulates the governments of
 42    the Basque Autonomous Region and of Spain and all other parties in  Spain  and
 43    France for their actions to promote the cessation of violence and to achieve a
 44    lasting peace in the Basque Homeland and all of Europe.
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1        BE  IT  FURTHER RESOLVED that the state of Idaho extends its encouragement
  2    and support to these governments in their ongoing efforts to establish a proc-
  3    ess to bring a lasting peace in accordance with the democratic voting process,
  4    as well as enhance an appropriate degree  of  governmental  autonomy  for  the
  5    Basque Homeland of Spain.
  6        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
  7    tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of  this
  8    Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
  9    sentatives  of  Congress,  and  the  congressional delegation representing the
 10    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States, the President of the Gov-
 11    ernment of the Basque Autonomous Region of Spain, the Prime Minister of Spain,
 12    and the Prime Minister of France.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16316

This memorial recognizes the historic event of the Basque
terrorist group, ETA, permanently ending its campaign of terror
and violence in the Basque Homeland of Spain and Europe.  It
further recommends and congratulates the governments of the
Basque Autonomous Region and of Spain and all other parties for
their actions to end violence and bring a lasting peace to the
Basque Homeland of Spain.  Finally, it offers the State of
Idaho's support to these governments to establish a process for
bringing a lasting peace and an appropriate measure of
governmental autonomy to the Basque Homeland of Spain.



                           FISCAL NOTE

No fiscal impact.





Contact
Name: Rep. Debbie Field 
Phone: (208) 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                           HJM 26