110 HRES 1306 IH: Recognizing the dedication and honorable U.S. House of Representatives 2008-06-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1306 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2008 Mr. Bilbray (for himself, Mr. Campbell of California, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Roskam, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Coble, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Shuler, and Mr. Barton of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services RESOLUTION Recognizing the dedication and honorable service of members of the National Guard who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start.

Whereas, on May 15, 2006, President George W. Bush assigned the National Guard the mission to assist Customs and Border Protection along the southwest border; Whereas, beginning with 6,000 guardsmen and women and after 1 year drawing down to 3,000 citizen soldiers, Operation Jump Start has included 27,320 National Guard members from every State, territory, and the District of Columbia; Whereas Operation Jump Start has provided significant assistance to Customs and Border Protection by sup­ple­ment­ing and supporting Customs and Border Protection’s current efforts to secure our borders while Customs and Border Patrol hired and trained additional agents; Whereas the National Guard also continues to build and install border security infrastructure, provide surveillance and intelligence analysis, and provide aviation, logistical, and administrative support; Whereas the National Guard has assisted in the apprehension of over 176,346 illegal aliens, the seizure of over 1,116 vehicles used to transport drugs and/or illegal aliens, and the confiscation of over 316,262 pounds of marijuana and over 5,224 pounds of cocaine; Whereas border security infrastructure improvements by the National Guard include over 95 miles of vehicle barriers, 38 miles of new fence, and improvements to over 717 miles of roads used to monitor remote border areas; and Whereas the National Guard has also assisted in the rescue of over 100 illegal aliens: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1)unconditionally supports the members of the National Guard and their families; (2)recognizes the tremendous sacrifices made by members of the National Guard and their families on behalf of the United States; (3)recognizes Guardsmen and women have served as bright examples of leadership, courage, and service before self, with their service to the United States; and (4)recognizes the work the National Guard has put forth to secure our southwest border.