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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 69
BY REPRESENTATIVES LORUSSO, BARROW, ADAMS, ARMES, ARNOLD,
STUART BISHOP, BROADWATER , BURFORD, HENRY BURNS, CARMODY,
CHAMPAGNE, COX, CROMER, DOVE, EDWARDS, FOIL, GAINES,
GISCLAIR, GREENE, HARRIS, HAZEL, HENRY, HENSGENS, HOFFMANN,
HOWARD, KLECKLEY, TERRY LANDRY, LEGER, MACK, POPE, PUGH,
RICHARD, SCHRODER, SEABAUGH, ST. GERMAIN, TALBOT, THIBAUT,
AND THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to review
and support legislation introduced as H.R. 3930, which would, if enacted, establish
the National Commission on the Structure of the Army.
WHEREAS, H.R. 3930 was introduced on January 27, 2014, and seeks to establish
the National Commission on the Structure of the Army to undertake a comprehensive study
of the structure of the Army; and
WHEREAS, the focus of this study is to determine two factors, which include the
proper force mixture of the active component and reserve component, and how the structure
should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements in a manner that is consistent with
available resources; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 3930 also directs the commission to give careful consideration in
evaluating a structure that meets current and anticipated requirements of combat commands,
achieves a cost-efficient balance between the regular and reserve components with particular
focus on fully burdened and lifestyle costs of Army personnel, and ensures that the regular
and reserve components possess the capacity needed to support homeland defense and
disaster assistance missions in the United States; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 3930 further provides for sufficient numbers of regular members
of the Army to provide a base of trained personnel from which the personnel of the reserve
components could be recruited; maintains a peacetime rotation force to support operational
tempo goals of a ratio of one to two for regular members and a ratio of one to five for
members of the reserve components; and further maximizes and appropriately balances
affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, capability, and readiness; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 69
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WHEREAS, H.R. 3930 further prohibits the use of any funds made available for the
2015 Fiscal Year for the Army to divest, retire, or transfer any aircraft of Army assigned
units of the Army National Guard as of January 15, 2014, or to reduce personnel below the
authorized end strength levels of three hundred fifty thousand members of the Army
National Guard as of September 30, 2014.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to review and support H.R. 3930, which would, if
enacted, be known as the National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of
the United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE