Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the use of continuing resolutions to fund defense-related activities erodes military readiness and poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.

Bill: 115-hres-984
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget process

Defense spending

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Military readiness
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Affirms that Congress should pass all defense-related appropriations for a fiscal year before the fiscal year begins because continuing resolutions erode military readiness and pose an unacceptable risk to national security. </p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 984 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 6, 2018 Mr. Taylor submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the use of continuing resolutions to fund defense-related activities erodes military readiness and poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.

Whereas the United States faces an extraordinarily high number of security threats for which the Armed Forces must be prepared; Whereas the impacts of a continuing resolution on Department of Defense training begin immediately and can result in unrecoverable lost training days which ultimately reduce the overall effectiveness of subsequent training evolutions; Whereas the effects of a continuing resolution on military readiness and maintenance grow exponentially over time and erode restoration initiatives that are vital to the capability and lethality of the force in the event of conflict with major-power adversaries; Whereas continuing resolutions adversely affect Department of Defense personnel by disrupting hiring and recruitment programs resulting in critical vacancies, delays in workforce development, and unnecessary burdens on military members and their families; and Whereas the negative effects of continuing resolutions extend to Department of Defense contracting efforts, leading to mandatory contract renegotiations, increased demands and burdens on the acquisition workforce, schedule delays, increased costs, and reduce the Federal Government’s reliability among vendors: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) finds that continuing resolutions erode military readiness and pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States; and (2) affirms that Congress should pass all defense-related appropriations for a fiscal year prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.