IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 181 

Recognizing and commending all volunteers and other persons who provide 

support to the families and children of members of the Armed Forces, 

including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in 

service to the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2007 

Mr. ORTIZ (for himself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. TAYLOR, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

BOUCHER, Mr. GOODE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 

SPRATT, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. SPACE, and Mr. WOLF) submitted 

the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Recognizing and commending all volunteers and other persons who provide support to the families and children 

of members of the Armed Forces, including National 

Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in service to the United States. 

Whereas there are 1.2 million children who are the sons or 

daughters of members of the Armed Forces, including 

more than 153,000 children of members of reserve components, and more than one third of these children are 

under the age of five; 


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Whereas the families of members of the Armed Forces, and 

in particular their children, provide unconditional love 

and support to their loved ones serving in the Armed 

Forces before, during, and after their deployment; 

Whereas the Department of Defense recognizes that the family of a deployed member of the Armed Forces also serves 

and has made a commitment to military families by establishing goals for a New Social Compact with members 

of the Armed Forces and their families; 

Whereas the Government makes significant resources available to families and children of members of the Armed 

Forces who reside on or near a military installation, however, resources for families and children of deployed Reserve and National Guard members are often difficult to 

access because the families do not reside near a military 

installation; 

Whereas a number of nonprofit organizations have dedicated 

themselves to ensuring that children of military families 

receive the support they urgently need while they cope 

with the deployment of parents, in particular by providing essential extracurricular activities and programs 

for school-aged children of deployed Reserve and National 

Guard members; 

Whereas these organizations include Our Military Kids, Inc., 

Parents as Teachers, Citizen Soldier Support program, 

Operation Homefront Inc., American Military Families, 

Inc., and Kids Serve 2; and 

Whereas these programs and organizations have helped children of deployed members of the Armed Forces maintain 

as normal a life as possible by allowing funds to be used 


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for a range of activities that might otherwise be unavailable to them: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress recognizes and commends all 

3 volunteers and other persons who provide support to the 

4 families and children of members of the Armed Forces, 

5 including National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are 

6 deployed in service to the United States and honors mili7 tary families and the non-governmental organizations that 

8 support them. 

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