III 108th CONGRESS 2d Session S. CON. RES. 147 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 18, 2004 Mr. Nelson of Florida submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.

Whereas the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated on February 8, 1910, and received a Federal charter on June 15, 1916, which is codified as chapter 309 of title 36, United States Code; Whereas section 30902 of title 36, United States Code, states that it is the purpose of the Boy Scouts of America to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues; Whereas, since the inception of the Boy Scouts of America, millions of Americans of every race, creed, and religion have participated in the Boy Scouts, and the Boy Scouts currently uses more than 1,200,000 adult volunteers to serve more than 4,700,000 young people; Whereas the Department of Defense and members of the Armed Forces have a long history of supporting the activities of the Boy Scouts of America and individual Boy Scout troops in the United States, and section 2606 of title 10, United States Code, authorizes the Department of Defense to cooperate with and assist the Boy Scouts of America in establishing and providing facilities and services for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and civilian employees of the Department of Defense and their dependents, at locations outside the United States; Whereas sections 4682, 7541, and 9682 of title 10, United States Code, authorize the Department of Defense to sell, and in certain cases donate, obsolete or excess material to the Boy Scouts of America to support its activities; and Whereas, under section 2554 of title 10, United States Code, the Department of Defense is authorized to make military installations available to, and to provide equipment, transportation, and other services to, the Boy Scouts of America to support national and world gatherings of Boy Scouts at events known as Boy Scout Jamborees: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its long-standing statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.