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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 47 

Expressing the sense of the Senate commending civilian employers of members 

of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for their support of 

members who are called to active duty and for their support of the 

members’ families. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2005 

Mr. BAYH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate commending civilian employers of members of the reserve components of the 

Armed Forces for their support of members who are 

called to active duty and for their support of the members’ families. 

Whereas, over 450,000 members of the reserve components 

of the Armed Forces have been called to active duty between September 11, 2001, and February of 2005, and 

have had to leave their families and employers to serve 

and protect their country; 

Whereas, the reservists called to active duty provide critical 

support of United States military operations abroad by 

serving as engineers, medics, military police, and civil affairs specialists, and in other military specialities; 
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Whereas, more than half of all reservists are married, and 

about half of them have children or other dependents; 

Whereas, extended active-duty service in the performance of 

critical national security missions abroad has required reservists to make significant sacrifices, in time spent away 

from their family and, in some cases, loss of income; 

Whereas, the business community in the United States has 

played a crucial role in supporting our reservists by providing significant financial assistance for reservists ordinarily in their workforce who experience a reduction in 

income due to extended active-duty service; 

Whereas, this financial support by civilian employers makes 

it possible, in many cases, for the families of reservists 

to meet daily expenses associated with raising children 

and attaining the American dream; 

Whereas the business community continues to provide this 

critical assistance so that the Nation’s reservists may 

serve their country without worrying about the financial 

condition of their family; and 

Whereas the following Indiana employers, among others, provide assistance to their employees when, as reservists, 

they are called to active duty, and the employers deserve 

public recognition for their role in supporting our troops: 

Eli Lilly and Company, Cummins, Inc., Guidant Corporation, Alcoa, Inc., ConAgra Foods, Inc., CSX Corporation, 

Daimler Chrysler, Delphi Technologies, Inc., The Dow 

Chemical Company, FedEx Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, Raytheon Company, General Electric 

Company, American International Group, Inc., BristolMyers Squibb Company, Pfizer, Inc., United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Smiths Group plc, Honeywell Inter-
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national, Inc., and Am General, LLC: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) the members of the reserve components of 

3 the Armed Forces and the businesses that ordinarily 

4 employ them are a cornerstone of the United States’ 

5 successful prosecution of the war on terror, and the 

6 Federal Government should take steps to assist busi7 nesses that are providing this critical support to the 

8 citizen-soldiers among their employees who are away 

9 in the military service of the United States; 

10 (2) the business community deserves the Na11 tion’s gratitude for the role it continues to perform 

12 in supporting the members of the reserve compo13 nents of the Armed Forces, their families, and this 

14 Nation; and 

15 (3) the appropriate officials of the Federal Gov16 ernment should carefully review the adverse effects 

17 of mobilizations and demobilizations of the reserve 

18 components on the community of employers within 

19 the United States. 

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