NATIONAL GUARD

Articles and editorials

Gulf War Stands the Test, E1430 [7SE]

Still Time To Save the Black Beret, E2085 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (see H.R. 4208), H1956 [6AP]

———improve benefits for members of reserve components and their dependents (see S. 2514), S3514 [4MY]

———modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (see S. 2537), S3831 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H5955 [12JY]

———extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H2410 [2MY]

Employment: provide competitive civil service status for technicians who are involuntarily separated other than for cause from National Guard service (see H.R. 4911), H6718 [20JY]

Income: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 4360), H2410 [2MY]

Los Alamos, NM: encourage the Federal Government to assume responsibility for wildfire and commend individuals assisting those affected by the fire (see H. Con. Res. 326), H3049 [15MY]

Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H996 [14MR]

———provide tax relief and modify treatment of members of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see S. 2230), S1391 [9MR]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9195 [25SE] (see H.R. 4328), H2339 [13AP]

Technicians: provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

Texas: tribute to 49th Division for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S. Res. 382), S10926 [24OC]

Letters

Forest Service and BLM emergency supplemental appropriations for firefighting: Representative Dicks, H3065 [16MY]

Tribute to New Mexico Air National Guard 150th Security Forces Squadron and 150th Civil Engineering Squadron: Anthony C. Zinni, Dept. of Defense, S640 [10FE]

Lists

Bedford, VA, soldiers who died on D-Day, S4372 [24MY], S4449 [25MY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: equitable distribution of funds between National Guard and Reserve components, H3285 [17MY]

———implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (H.R. 4208), H6475 [19JY]

Army: decision to allow all personnel to wear black berets, E2085 [13NO]

California: tribute to National Guard for efforts to combat illegal drugs, E1670 [4OC]

Clement, Representative: tribute to retirement from the Tennessee Army National Guard, E559 [13AP]

Connecticut: reunion of the National Guard 169th Infantry Regiment of the 43rd Division, E1067 [21JN]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (H. Res. 549), H6842-H6846 [25JY], E1429 [7SE]

Ellington AFB, TX: Air National Guard supply complex funding, H5613 [29JN]

Fort Irwin, CA: tribute to New Jersey National Guard units training at the National Training Center, E942 [9JN]

Los Alamos, NM: encourage the Federal Government to assume responsibility for wildfire and commend individuals assisting those affected by the fire (H. Con. Res. 326), H3056, H3062-H3067 [16MY]

McGhee Tyson AFB, TN: anniversary of 119th Air Control Squadron, E1826 [19OC]

Oregon: tribute to Army National Guard Bravo Co., 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry, E1115 [26JN]

Pennsylvania: anniversary of National Guard 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery, E1795 [13OC]

———tribute to National Guard 1st Battalion, 103rd Armored Division, E101 [9FE]

Price, Spencer: General Douglas A. MacArthur Leadership Award recipient, E793 [19MY]

69th Press Camp Headquarters: tribute, E639 [4MY]

Texas: tribute to 49th Division for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, H2416 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: ensure equitable treatment of members of the National Guard and reserve components relative to special duty assignment pay, S5073 [14JN], S10378 [12OC]

———improve benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves, S4736, S4738 [8JN]

———modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve (S. 2537), S3834 [10MY]

Bedford, VA: tribute to the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, and the National D-Day Memorial, S4371 [24MY], S4449 [25MY]

Connecticut: reunion of the National Guard 169th Infantry Regiment of the 43rd Division, S5457 [20JN]

Forbes Field, KS: tribute to 190th Air Refueling Wing, S1455 [20MR]

Framatone Connectors USA (business): Dept. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award recipient, S10797 [19OC]

Funding, S4753, S4754 [8JN]

Irizarry, Edwin D.: National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year award recipient, S5358 [19JN]

Michigan: Air National Guard 110th Fighter Wing recipient of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, S696 [22FE]

Montana: tribute to firefighters fighting wildfires, S10062 [6OC]

Nevada: National Guard Counterdrug Reconnaissance and Interdiction Detachment Unit funding, S7742 [27JY]

New Mexico: tribute to Air National Guard 150th Security Forces Squadron and 150th Civil Engineering Squadron, S640 [10FE]

South Dakota: tribute to Forest Service for efforts in fighting wildfires, S7983 [5SE]

Taxation: provide tax relief and modify treatment of members of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (S. 2230), S1399 [9MR]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (S. 3101), S9197 [25SE]

Texas: tribute to 49th Division for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (S. Res. 382), S10939 [24OC]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Los Alamos, NM, S3975-S3981 [16MY]

Youth ChalleNGe Program: funding, S6564, S6565 [12JY]

Reports filed

Air Force Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S798 [24FE]

Army Nominations: Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S489 [8FE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 326, encourage the Federal Government to assume responsibility for Los Alamos, NM, wildfire and commend individuals assisting those affected by the fire, H3062 [16MY]

H. Res. 549, anniversary of initial activation of National Guard personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, H6842 [25JY]

S. 2514, Fairness for the Military Reserve Act, S3538 [4MY]

S. 2537, modify the time for use of certain educational benefits by members of the Selected Reserve, S3834 [10MY]

S. 3101, Reservists Tax Relief Act, S9197 [25SE]

S. Res. 382, tribute to 49th Division of Texas National Guard for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, S10932, S10940 [24OC]