III 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 181 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 
Received and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and commending all volunteers and other per-
sons who provide support to the families and children 
of members of the Armed Forces, including National 
Guard and Reserve personnel, who are deployed in serv-
ice 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 com-
ponents, and more than one third of these children are 
under the age of five; 
Whereas the families of members of the Armed Forces, 
and 
in 
particular 
their 
children, 
provide 
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unconditional love and support to their loved ones serving 
in the Armed Forces before, during, and after their de-
ployment; 
Whereas the Department of Defense recognizes that the fam-
ily of a deployed member of the Armed Forces also serves 
and has made a commitment to military families by es-
tablishing goals for a New Social Compact with members 
of the Armed Forces and their families; 
Whereas the Government makes significant resources avail-
able to families and children of members of the Armed 
Forces who reside on or near a military installation, how-
ever, resources for families and children of deployed Re-
serve 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 pro-
viding 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 chil-
dren of deployed members of the Armed Forces maintain 
as normal a life as possible by allowing funds to be used 
for a range of activities that might otherwise be unavail-
able to them: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress recognizes and commends 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 and honors mili-
tary families and the non-governmental organizations that 
support them. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By JORGE E. SORENSEN, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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