A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Army.

Bill: 114-sres-487
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2016-06-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Military education and training

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-09
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3783)

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that:</p> <ul> <li>the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) continues to train the next generation of military leaders, who are well equipped to defeat enemies of the United States;</li> <li> the Senate is encouraged by the quality of leaders that Army ROTC has and will continue to produce; and </li> <li> the Army ROTC produces more Army officers than any other source.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2016-06-09
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that:</p> <ul> <li>the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) continues to train the next generation of military leaders, who are well equipped to defeat enemies of the United States;</li> <li> the Senate is encouraged by the quality of leaders that Army ROTC has and will continue to produce; and </li> <li> the Army ROTC produces more Army officers than any other source.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 487 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 9, 2016 Mrs. Ernst submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Army.

Whereas June 3, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Army (referred to in this preamble as Army ROTC ); Whereas Congress established Army ROTC and the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps in the Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 166, chapter 134) (commonly known as the National Defense Act of 1916 ); Whereas the Army has commissioned more than 650,000 officers from Army ROTC; Whereas Army ROTC serves as a critical component for the training of men and women to take command, protecting the national security of the United States and way of life of individuals in the United States; Whereas Army ROTC produces the next generation of innovative and adaptive leaders while providing those leaders with essential collegiate educational opportunities; Whereas Army ROTC commissioned 5,536 officers in 2014; Whereas Army ROTC produced 21 4-star generals between 2000 and 2016; Whereas Army ROTC is available at nearly 1,000 institutions of higher education across all 50 States and all territories; Whereas the Army has included in Army ROTC programs such as the Green to Gold and Simultaneous Membership programs to allow an enlisted member of the Army to gain a college education and become an officer of the Army; Whereas women have been an integral part of Army ROTC since academic year 1972–1973; and Whereas Army ROTC serves as a way for an individual to gain a college education and serve the United States: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the Senate that— (1) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Army (referred to in this resolving clause as Army ROTC ) continues to train the next generation of military leaders, who are well-equipped to defeat existing enemies of the United States and those enemies that may emerge in the future; (2) the Senate is encouraged by the quality of leaders that Army ROTC has and will continue to produce; and (3) as of the date of adoption of this resolution, Army ROTC produces more Army officers than any other source.