[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 47 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 47

  Expressing the sense of the Senate commending civilian employers of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for their support 
 of members who are called to active duty and for their support of the 
                           members' families.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2005

Mr. Bayh submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate commending civilian employers of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for their support 
 of members who are called to active duty and for their support of the 
                           members' families.

Whereas, over 450,000 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces have 
        been called to active duty between September 11, 2001, and February of 
        2005, and have had to leave their families and employers to serve and 
        protect their country;
Whereas, the reservists called to active duty provide critical support of United 
        States military operations abroad by serving as engineers, medics, 
        military police, and civil affairs specialists, and in other military 
        specialities;
Whereas, more than half of all reservists are married, and about half of them 
        have children or other dependents;
Whereas, extended active-duty service in the performance of critical national 
        security missions abroad has required reservists to make significant 
        sacrifices, in time spent away from their family and, in some cases, 
        loss of income;
Whereas, the business community in the United States has played a crucial role 
        in supporting our reservists by providing significant financial 
        assistance for reservists ordinarily in their workforce who experience a 
        reduction in income due to extended active-duty service;
Whereas, this financial support by civilian employers makes it possible, in many 
        cases, for the families of reservists to meet daily expenses associated 
        with raising children and attaining the American dream;
Whereas the business community continues to provide this critical assistance so 
        that the Nation's reservists may serve their country without worrying 
        about the financial condition of their family; and
Whereas the following Indiana employers, among others, provide assistance to 
        their employees when, as reservists, they are called to active duty, and 
        the employers deserve public recognition for their role in supporting 
        our troops: Eli Lilly and Company, Cummins, Inc., Guidant Corporation, 
        Alcoa, Inc., ConAgra Foods, Inc., CSX Corporation, Daimler Chrysler, 
        Delphi Technologies, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, FedEx Corporation, 
        General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, General Electric 
        Company, American International Group, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb 
        Company, Pfizer, Inc., United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Smiths 
        Group plc, Honeywell International, Inc., and Am General, LLC: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the members of the reserve components of the Armed 
        Forces and the businesses that ordinarily employ them are a 
        cornerstone of the United States' successful prosecution of the 
        war on terror, and the Federal Government should take steps to 
        assist businesses that are providing this critical support to 
        the citizen-soldiers among their employees who are away in the 
        military service of the United States;
            (2) the business community deserves the Nation's gratitude 
        for the role it continues to perform in supporting the members 
        of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, their families, 
        and this Nation; and
            (3) the appropriate officials of the Federal Government 
        should carefully review the adverse effects of mobilizations 
        and demobilizations of the reserve components on the community 
        of employers within the United States.
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