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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, For nearly two centuries, graduates of our
3 country's military service academies and Distinguished
4 Military Graduates of ROTC units have been eligible for
5 appointment as Regular Officers of our military services; and
6 WHEREAS, This system has proven a great influence on many
7 of our distinguished military leaders in leading to a
8 lifetime dedicated to the military service of our country;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, This long-standing system was changed by Public
11 Law 102-109, Div. A, Title V, Part A, Section 501 (adding
12 subsection (e) to Section 532 (Qualifications for original
13 appointment as a commissioned officer) of Title 10 of the
14 United States Code); and
15 WHEREAS, Subsection (e) of Section 532, Title 10, U.S.C.,
16 provides that after September 30, 1996, initial appointments
17 of commissioned officers in the Regular Army, Regular Navy,
18 Regular Air Force, and Regular Marine Corps must be in a
19 reserve grade and denies commissions as Regular Officers to
20 graduates of our country's military service academies and
21 Distinguished Military Graduates of ROTC units; and
22 WHEREAS, The change in the long-established practice in
23 initial commissioning of Regular Officers provided for in
24 Section 501 of Public Law 102-190 has a significant potential
25 to lead many with the greatest promise for service to our
26 country in its military forces to opt for other careers and
27 to deprive our military services of many well-educated
28 potential leaders; and
29 WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has always
30 supported this Country's military forces and recognizes the
31 special commitment that military service requires; and
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1 WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives joins such
2 distinguished military leaders as General Andrew J.
3 Goodpaster (U.S. Army Ret.), General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
4 (U.S. Army Ret.), General Gordon R. Sullivan (U.S. Army
5 Ret.), and Lt. General Edward L. Rowny (U.S. Army Ret.) in
6 urging the repeal of subsection (e) of Section 532 of Title
7 10 of the United States Code; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10 the Illinois House of Representatives does hereby express its
11 support for the repeal of subsection (e) of Section 532 of
12 Title 10 of the United States Code and does hereby
13 respectfully urge Congress to repeal subsection (e) of
14 Section 532 of Title 10 of the United States Code; and be it
15 further
16 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
17 delivered to the Hon. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S.
18 House of Representatives, the Hon. Floyd D. Spence, Chairman
19 of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Trent
20 Lott, President of the U.S. Senate, the Hon. Strom Thurmond,
21 Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Hon.
22 Arlen Specter, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans'
23 Affairs.