75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                     House Joint Memorial 4
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Veterans' Affairs)
 
 
To the President of the United States and the Senate and the
  House of Representatives of the United States of America, in
  Congress assembled:
  We, your memorialists, the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly
of the State of Oregon, in legislative session assembled,
respectfully represent as follows:
  Whereas the people of the United States depend upon the Armed
Forces of the United States to secure freedom through rigorous
defense of the air, land and seas; and
  Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States depend upon the
National Guard and the National Guard Reserve to fight and win
wars; and
  Whereas the United States was founded on the premise of the
citizen soldier as the primary form of defense; and
  Whereas the National Guard has demonstrated its valuable
wartime skills and training when called into service of the state
for natural disasters and in homeland defense; and
  Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States provide for an
orderly four- to six-month predeployment 'train-up' mobilization
schedule designed to prepare National Guard members and National
Guard Reservists for the rigors and complexities of the war in
Iraq; and
  Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States make inadequate
provision for the transition of National Guard members and
National Guard Reservists from active duty service to civilian
life, allowing only about 10 days; and
  Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States are calling upon
the National Guard and National Guard Reserve to perform more
duties, and for longer periods of time, than has been the case
since World War II; and
  Whereas the Armed Forces of the United States continue to rely
upon the National Guard and National Guard Reservists to
voluntarily leave friends, family and living wage jobs to serve
the needs of our nation, our state and our communities; now,
therefore,
 
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
 
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly,
respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass
legislation and appropriate funds for an orderly 90- to 120-day
transition for National Guard members and National Guard
Reservists to civilian life following active service; and be it
further
  Resolved, That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative
Assembly, respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
pass legislation requiring the United States Secretary of
 
 
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Defense, working with the Adjutants General of the several
states, to develop a coordinated, orderly transition program and
to fund that program from accounts held in arrears for
post-deployment unemployment benefits; and be it further
  Resolved, That a copy of this memorial shall be sent to the
President of the United States, to the Senate Majority Leader, to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to each member of
the Oregon Congressional Delegation.
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                                  Adopted by House February 10,
                                              2009
 
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                                      Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                        Speaker of House
 
 
                                Adopted by Senate March 25, 2009
 
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                                       President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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