[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 4200,

                        Offered by: Mr. Emanuel

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title V (page 200, after 
     line 24), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. PERSONNEL POLICIES.

       (a) The Secretary of Defense may not assign a member of the 
     Armed Forces, and a private sector organization may not 
     solicit the assignment of a member of the Armed Forces, 
     currently deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
     Operation Enduring Freedom to a private sector contractor 
     unless the commanding officer of the unit from which the 
     military member is designated authorizes such assignment and 
     certifies that the assignment is necessary to save American 
     lives or to accommodate the short-term dictates of the combat 
     zone.
       (b) In the case of National Guard units currently mobilized 
     for deployment in support of either of those operations, 
     those units are deployed and mobilized to perform the mission 
     specified on their Table of Organization and Equipment for 
     which they were federally recognized to support the Combatant 
     Commander and are to be used in a manner in which they have 
     been organized and trained, not to supply labor for a 
     civilian contractor or any activity that violates the 
     traditional employment of military personnel in a manner that 
     disregards the risks to their lives.