IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 995 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Nation now 
faces a more complex and grave set of threats than at any time since 
the end of World War II, and that the lack of full, on-time funding 
related to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen at risk, 
harms national security, and aids the adversaries of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2018 
Ms. CHENEY (for herself, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
BYRNE, and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Nation now faces a more complex and grave set 
of threats than at any time since the end of World 
War II, and that the lack of full, on-time funding related 
to defense activities puts servicemen and servicewomen 
at risk, harms national security, and aids the adversaries 
of the United States. 
Whereas the United States now faces a more complex set of 
threats than at any time since the end of World War II; 
Whereas the National Defense Strategy released on January 
19, 2018, highlights these threats and acknowledges a re-
turn to great power competition; 
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Whereas countries like Russia and China are heavily invest-
ing in military modernization and developing capabilities 
that the United States may not be able to defend against 
while also expanding their influence across the globe; 
Whereas North Korea’s nuclear program continues to be a 
serious threat; 
Whereas the National Defense Strategy states that ‘‘Iran 
continues to sow violence and remains the most signifi-
cant challenge to Middle East stability’’; 
Whereas the National Defense Strategy states that ‘‘terrorist 
groups with long reach continue to murder the innocent 
and threaten peace more broadly’’; 
Whereas the United States continues to fight a war against 
terrorism and has troops deployed in hostile regions 
throughout the globe; 
Whereas, on January 19, 2018, Secretary of Defense James 
Mattis stated, ‘‘As hard as the last 16 years have been 
on our military, no enemy in the field has done more to 
harm the readiness of the U.S. military than the com-
bined impact of the Budget Control Act’s defense spend-
ing cuts, worsened by us operating, 9 of the last 10 
years, under continuing resolutions, wasting copious 
amounts of precious taxpayer dollars’’; 
Whereas fiscal year 2009 was the last fiscal year the Depart-
ment of Defense received on-time funding; 
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed an annual 
appropriation bill for the Department of Defense before 
the start of the next fiscal year in each of those fiscal 
years; 
Whereas article I, section 8 of the Constitution gives Con-
gress the responsibility to ‘‘provide for the common 
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Defence and general Welfare of the United States’’ and 
calls on Congress to ‘‘raise and support Armies’’ and 
‘‘provide and maintain a Navy’’; and 
Whereas Secretaries of Defense appointed by Presidents of 
both parties have warned about the damage funding un-
certainty has on the readiness of our Armed Forces: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) failing to provide our military with full, sta-
ble, and on-time funding allows our adversaries to 
close critical military capability gaps, putting our 
servicemembers at increased risk, and severely 
harms our military’s ability to prepare for, deter, 
and, if needed, defend against these capabilities, 
putting United States national security at greater 
risk; 
(2) providing full, stable, and on-time funding 
for the Department of Defense is critically necessary 
to preventing these increased risks; and 
(3) the House of Representatives is committed 
to ending the funding uncertainty for the Depart-
ment of Defense and providing the resources United 
States servicemembers need to defend the Nation, 
and that the Senate should join the House of Rep-
resentatives in these efforts. 
Æ 
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