[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 995 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 995

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation 
  now faces a more complex and grave set of threats than at any time 
   since the end of World War II, and that the lack of full, on-time 
funding related to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen 
   at risk, harms national security, and aids the adversaries of the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2018

Ms. Cheney (for herself, Ms. McSally, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Gallagher, Mr. Wittman, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Byrne, and Mr. 
Austin Scott of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation 
  now faces a more complex and grave set of threats than at any time 
   since the end of World War II, and that the lack of full, on-time 
funding related to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen 
   at risk, harms national security, and aids the adversaries of the 
                             United States.

Whereas the United States now faces a more complex set of threats than at any 
        time since the end of World War II;
Whereas the National Defense Strategy released on January 19, 2018, highlights 
        these threats and acknowledges a return to great power competition;
Whereas countries like Russia and China are heavily investing in military 
        modernization and developing capabilities that the United States may not 
        be able to defend against while also expanding their influence across 
        the globe;
Whereas North Korea's nuclear program continues to be a serious threat;
Whereas the National Defense Strategy states that ``Iran continues to sow 
        violence and remains the most significant challenge to Middle East 
        stability'';
Whereas the National Defense Strategy states that ``terrorist groups with long 
        reach continue to murder the innocent and threaten peace more broadly'';
Whereas the United States continues to fight a war against terrorism and has 
        troops deployed in hostile regions throughout the globe;
Whereas, on January 19, 2018, Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated, ``As 
        hard as the last 16 years have been on our military, no enemy in the 
        field has done more to harm the readiness of the U.S. military than the 
        combined impact of the Budget Control Act's defense spending cuts, 
        worsened by us operating, 9 of the last 10 years, under continuing 
        resolutions, wasting copious amounts of precious taxpayer dollars'';
Whereas fiscal year 2009 was the last fiscal year the Department of Defense 
        received on-time funding;
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed an annual appropriation bill for 
        the Department of Defense before the start of the next fiscal year in 
        each of those fiscal years;
Whereas article I, section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the 
        responsibility to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare 
        of the United States'' and calls on Congress to ``raise and support 
        Armies'' and ``provide and maintain a Navy''; and
Whereas Secretaries of Defense appointed by Presidents of both parties have 
        warned about the damage funding uncertainty has on the readiness of our 
        Armed Forces: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) failing to provide our military with full, stable, and 
        on-time funding allows our adversaries to close critical 
        military capability gaps, putting our servicemembers at 
        increased risk, and severely harms our military's ability to 
        prepare for, deter, and, if needed, defend against these 
        capabilities, putting United States national security at 
        greater risk;
            (2) providing full, stable, and on-time funding for the 
        Department of Defense is critically necessary to preventing 
        these increased risks; and
            (3) the House of Representatives is committed to ending the 
        funding uncertainty for the Department of Defense and providing 
        the resources United States servicemembers need to defend the 
        Nation, and that the Senate should join the House of 
        Representatives in these efforts.
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