[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 947 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 947

 Expressing support for the designation of July 9 as ``Warrant Officer 
                                 Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2018

Mrs. Roby (for herself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Brooks 
of Alabama, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Byrne, and Mr. Palmer) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for the designation of July 9 as ``Warrant Officer 
                                 Day''.

Whereas the Army Warrant Officer Corps was established on July 9, 1918, in the 
        Army Mine Planter Service of the Coast Artillery, authorizing a total of 
        40 warrant officers to serve as masters, mates, chief engineers, and 
        assistant engineers on each mine planting vessel;
Whereas section 4a of An Act for making further and more effectual provision for 
        the national defense, and for other purposes (Public Law 64-85; 39 Stat. 
        166), as amended by the Act of June 4, 1920 (Public Law 66-242; 41 Stat. 
        759), provided for warrant officers to serve in clerical, 
        administrative, and bandleader positions;
Whereas in 1926, Jen Doble and Olive Hoskins became the first two female 
        soldiers appointed to the rank of warrant officer;
Whereas in 1953, the inception of the Warrant Officer Flight Program led to the 
        training of thousands of warrant officers who later became helicopter 
        pilots during the Vietnam War;
Whereas in 1954, the Warrant Officer Act of 1954 (Public Law 83-379; 68 Stat. 
        157) established warrant officer grades W-1 through W-4, and officially 
        eliminated the Mine Planter Service;
Whereas in 1972, the United States Army Warrant Officers Association was founded 
        by chief warrant officer, W-4 Donald Hess;
Whereas in 1985, the United States Army Warrant Officers Association became a 
        founding member of the Military Coalition, a consortium of more than 30 
        military and veterans service organizations, now representing more than 
        5,500,000 current and former members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and 
        their families and survivors;
Whereas the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 99 
        Stat. 583) amended title 10, United States Code, to provide that 
        ``Permanent appointments of regular chief warrant officers shall be made 
        by commission by the President.'';
Whereas the Warrant Officer Management Act (title XI of Public Law 102-190; 105 
        Stat. 1290) established, among other matters, the rank of chief warrant 
        officer, W-5;
Whereas beginning in 1999, the Secretary of Defense has developed a team of 
        Senior Warrant Officer Leaders across all components of the Army, 
        represented today by the Army Senior Warrant Officer Council, which 
        reports to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and whose primary 
        mission is to address relevant issues concerning systems, policies, and 
        programs of the Army designed to produce ready and relevant warrant 
        officers;
Whereas in 2004, the Warrant Officer Corps was formally integrated into, and as 
        a cohort of, the larger Army Officer Corps;
Whereas warrant officers have long been referred to as the ``Guardians of the 
        Army's Technology'';
Whereas today a warrant officer is a self-aware and adaptive technical expert, 
        combat leader, trainer, and advisor at progressively higher leadership 
        tables, throughout a successful career; and
Whereas, on July 9, 2018, warrant officers of the Army will celebrate a century 
        of service to the Army: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of a ``Warrant Officer Day''; 
        and
            (2) honors and recognizes the contributions of all warrant 
        officers of the Army, past, present, and future.
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