[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 181 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 181


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2007

        Received and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing and commending all volunteers and other persons who provide 
 support to the families and children of members of the Armed Forces, 
  including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in 
                     service to the United States.

Whereas there are 1.2 million children who are the sons or daughters of members 
        of the Armed Forces, including more than 153,000 children of members of 
        reserve components, and more than one third of these children are under 
        the age of five;
Whereas the families of members of the Armed Forces, 
        and in particular their children, provide

              

unconditional love and support to their loved ones serving in the Armed 
Forces before, during, and after their deployment;

Whereas the Department of Defense recognizes that the family of a deployed 
        member of the Armed Forces also serves and has made a commitment to 
        military families by establishing goals for a New Social Compact with 
        members of the Armed Forces and their families;
Whereas the Government makes significant resources available to families and 
        children of members of the Armed Forces who reside on or near a military 
        installation, however, resources for families and children of deployed 
        Reserve and National Guard members are often difficult to access because 
        the families do not reside near a military installation;
Whereas a number of nonprofit organizations have dedicated themselves to 
        ensuring that children of military families receive the support they 
        urgently need while they cope with the deployment of parents, in 
        particular by providing essential extracurricular activities and 
        programs for school-aged children of deployed Reserve and National Guard 
        members;
Whereas these organizations include Our Military Kids, Inc., Parents as 
        Teachers, Citizen Soldier Support program, Operation Homefront Inc., 
        American Military Families, Inc., and Kids Serve 2; and
Whereas these programs and organizations have helped children of deployed 
        members of the Armed Forces maintain as normal a life as possible by 
        allowing funds to be used for a range of activities that might otherwise 
        be unavailable to them: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress recognizes and commends all volunteers and other persons 
who provide support to the families and children of members of the 
Armed Forces, including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are 
deployed in service to the United States and honors military families 
and the non-governmental organizations that support them.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 5, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.

                               By Jorge E. Sorensen,

                                                          Deputy Clerk.