0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 79
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                         LEONARD TSOSIE
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING CONGRESS TO FUND AGING PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN
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0013|     ELDERS AT THE AUTHORIZED LEVELS AS THEY REAUTHORIZE THE OLDER
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0014|     AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.
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0016|       WHEREAS, the Older Americans Act of 1965 is due for
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0017|     reauthorization during the current session of the United States
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0018|     congress; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, Title VI of the Older Americans Act of 1965
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0020|     embodies the responsibilities that are an integral part of the
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0021|     sovereign relationship between the tribes and the federal
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0022|     government; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, the White House conference on aging has, by
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0024|     resolution, proposed a comprehensive plan of action to address
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0025|     the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native elders; and
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0001|       WHEREAS, American Indian and Alaska Native programs are
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0002|     targeted for greater funding reductions than other elder
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0003|     programs; and
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0004|       WHEREAS, the cumulative effect of federal budget cuts in
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0005|     aging programs, health and human service programs,
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0006|     medicare/medicaid programs and bureau of Indian affairs and
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0007|     Indian health service programs will have a chilling and
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0008|     devastating impact on the elders in Indian communities in New
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0009|     Mexico;
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0010|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0011|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that, when the United States congress
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0012|     reauthorizes the Older Americans Act of 1965, a separate title
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0013|     be maintained for programs serving Native Americans; and
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0014|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that American Indian and Alaska
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0015|     Native programs under Title VI should not be subject to a
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0016|     disproportionate share of funding reductions greater than that
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0017|     of programs under Title III for all other elders; and
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0018|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that programs serving Native
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0019|     American elders address the needs detailed in the White House
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0020|     conference on aging resolution from Native American delegates
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0021|     and be funded at the authorized levels; and
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0022|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0023|     transmitted to the congressional delegation of New Mexico, the
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0024|     state agency on aging, the Navajo area agency on aging and the
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0025|     Indian area agency on aging.
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0002|   
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0003|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0004|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0007|                                              February 8, 1996
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0008|   
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0009|   Mr. President:
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0010|   
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0011|     Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0012|   
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0013|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 79
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0014|   
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0015|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0016|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0017|   INDIAN AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0018|   
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0019|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0020|   
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0023|                              __________________________________
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0024|                              Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0025|   
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0003|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0007|                     Date ________________________
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0010|   The roll call vote was <u> 4 </u> For <u> 1 </u> Against
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0011|   Yes:  4
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0012|   No:        Donisthorpe
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0013|   Excused:   EJennings, Altamirano, Aragon, Romero
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0014|   Absent:    0
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0016|   
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0017|   SJ079RU1
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0021|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0022|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0025|                                             February 10, 1996
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0002|   Mr. President:
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0003|   
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0004|     Your INDIAN & CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom
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0005|   has been referred
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0006|   
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0007|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 79
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0008|   
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0009|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0010|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0012|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0016|                              __________________________________
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0017|                              John Pinto, Chairman 
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0018|   
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0021|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0022|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0001|                     Date ________________________
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0002|   
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0004|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0005|   Yes:  7
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0006|   No:        0
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0007|   Excused:   Chavez
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0008|   Absent:    None
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0011|   SJ079IC1
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