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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 209
BY REPRESENTATIVES CROMER, LORUSSO, ARMES, ARNOL D, BARROW,
HENRY BURNS, COX, EDWARDS, FOIL, GAINES, GISCLAIR, HAZEL,
HENRY, TERRY LANDRY, SCHRODER, AND THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request members of the Louisiana congressional delegation to support the
National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014.
WHEREAS, H.R. 3930, the National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act
of 2014, sponsored by Representative Joe Wilson of the United States House of
Representatives, was introduced on January 27, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the National Commission on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014,
establishes a national commission to undertake a comprehensive study of the structure of the
Army to determine: (1) the proper force mixture of the active component and reserve
component, and (2) how the structure should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements
in a manner consistent with available resources; and
WHEREAS, the Act directs the commission to give particular consideration to
evaluating a structure that: (1) meets current and anticipated requirements of the combatant
commands; (2) achieves a cost-efficiency balance between the regular and reserve
components, with a focus on fully burdened and life cycle cost of Army personnel; (3)
ensures that the regular and reserve components have the capacity needed to support
homeland defense and disaster assistance missions in the United States; (4) 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; (5) maintains a
peacetime rotation force to support operational tempo goals of 1:2 for regular members and
1:5 for members of the reserve components; and (6) maximizes and appropriately balances
affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, capability, and readiness; and ENROLLEDHR NO. 209
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WHEREAS, the Act prohibits the use of any funds made available for FY2015 for
the Army to: (1) divest, retire, or transfer, or prepare to divest, retire, or transfer, any aircraft
of the Army assigned to units of the Army National Guard as of January 15, 2014; or (2)
reduce personnel below the authorized end strength levels of three hundred fifty thousand
for the Army National Guard as of September 30, 2014.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request each member of the Louisiana
congressional delegation to support the National Commission on the Structure of the Army
Act of 2014.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES