Full Text of HR0635 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State National Guard was established under | 3 | | Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code and serves as part of the | 4 | | first-line of defense for the United States; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The reserve components of the United States armed | 6 | | forces are military organizations whose members generally | 7 | | perform a minimum of 39 days of military duty per-year and who | 8 | | supplement the active duty military when necessary; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The purpose of each reserve component is to | 10 | | provide trained units and qualified persons available for | 11 | | active duty in the armed forces, in time of war or national | 12 | | emergency, and at such other times as the national security may | 13 | | require, to fill the needs of the armed forces whenever, and | 14 | | during and after the period needed to procure and train | 15 | | additional units and qualified persons to achieve the planned | 16 | | mobilization when more units and persons are needed than are in | 17 | | the regular components; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, There are Guard and Reserve members who have | 19 | | served for 20 years of qualified service for retirement without | 20 | | being called for active duty service during their military | 21 | | career, and at age 60, they are eligible for reserved military | 22 | | retirement pay, government health care, and other benefits of |
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| 1 | | service including some veterans' benefits, but due to current | 2 | | federal statute they are denied full standing as a "veteran" of | 3 | | the armed forces; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, There are numerous Guard and Reserve members whose | 5 | | position is to train, prepare, and support the armed forces | 6 | | that are called to active duty, and these members are ready for | 7 | | deployment, but based on their assignment jobs are not called | 8 | | upon to be deployed; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, These Guard and Reserve members have served and | 10 | | deserve the status of "veteran" of the armed forces; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, S.491 and H.R. 1025, currently pending in the | 12 | | United States Congress, would authorize National Guard and | 13 | | Reserve members entitled to Reserves retirement pay the honor | 14 | | of claiming "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States" | 15 | | status; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we urge the United States Congress to pass S.491 and H.R. 1025 | 19 | | to provide National Guard and Reserve members entitled to | 20 | | Reserves retirement pay the honor of claiming veterans status; | 21 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the majority and minority leaders of the United | 3 | | States Senate, the Speaker and minority leader of the United | 4 | | States House of Representatives, and to each member of the | 5 | | Illinois Congressional delegation.
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