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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3833 

To authorize support for the Armed Forces Support Foundation in assisting 

members of the National Guard and Reserve and former members of 

the Armed Forces in securing employment in the private sector, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2006 

Mr. KERRY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize support for the Armed Forces Support Foundation in assisting members of the National Guard and 

Reserve and former members of the Armed Forces in 

securing employment in the private sector, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the‘‘Armed Forces Employ5 ment Support Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF ARMED FORCES SUPPORT FOUNDA2 TION IN ASSISTING CERTAIN MEMBERS AND 

3 FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 

4 IN SECURING PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOY5 MENT. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find7 ings: 

8 (1) Helmets to Hardhats, a federally subsidized 

9 non-profit organization that helps military recruit10 ment efforts and is dedicated to helping current and 

11 former military personnel find employment, has 

12 helped more than 150,000 military personnel find 

13 employment in the construction industry and has re14 ferred 40,000 military personnel into apprenticeship 

15 programs. 

16 (2) The Armed Forces Support Foundation, a 

17 non-profit organization having similar purposes, will 

18 expand the model employed by Helmets to Hardhats 

19 by helping current and former military personnel 

20 find employment in other sectors of the economy 

21 that are applicable to the skills and experience of 

22 such personnel in the military. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con24 gress that the Federal Government should support private 

25 sector employment initiatives for military personnel in 


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1 order to help ensure that those who serve or have served 

2 in the Armed Forces have access to gainful employment. 

3 (c) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the National Guard 

4 Bureau may, utilizing amounts authorized to be appro5 priated by subsection (e), make grants to the Armed 

6 Forces Support Foundation, a non-profit organization, in 

7 order to support activities of the Foundation in assisting 

8 members of the National Guard and Reserve and former 

9 members of the Armed Forces in securing employment in 

10 the private sector. 

11 (d) UTILIZATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces Support 

13 Foundation shall utilize amounts granted to the 

14 Foundation under subsection (c) to enter into agree15 ments with various private sector entities and asso16 ciations in order to encourage and facilitate employ17 ment of members of the National Guard and Re18 serve and former members of the Armed Forces in 

19 the private sector. 

20 (2) EMPLOYMENT IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF

21 ECONOMY.—It is the sense of Congress that, in en22 tering into agreements described in paragraph (1), 

23 the Foundation should enter into agreements with 

24 entities and associations involved in energy, trans25 portation, aerospace, domestic security, and other 


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1 areas of the economy in which the employment of in2 dividuals having past military service would be of 

3 particular utility. 

4 (e) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro5 priated for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 for the 

6 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for 

7 the Army National Guard, $10,000,000 for purposes of 

8 grants under subsection (c). 

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