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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 45 – National Guard, employer support

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 45

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HCR045........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging
support of the Idaho Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
                                                                        
02/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Wood
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/08    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/09    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Bailey
    Title apvd - to House
03/10    To enrol
03/11    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/12    Pres signed
03/15    To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 45
                                                                        
                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND URGING SUPPORT OF THE  IDAHO  EMPLOYER
  3        SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE.
                                                                        
  4    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  5        WHEREAS, Americans understand and deeply appreciate the strategic and mil-
  6    itary  value  of  our  National Guard and Reserve which comprise approximately
  7    forty-six percent of our total available military manpower; and
  8        WHEREAS, since September 11, 2001, more than 309,000  National  Guard  and
  9    Reserve  personnel  have been mobilized for the war on terrorism, some for one
 10    to two years; and
 11        WHEREAS, Idaho National Guard and Reserve personnel work for public  agen-
 12    cies and private businesses; and
 13        WHEREAS,  public  and  private  employers  of America's National Guard and
 14    Reserve members have become inextricably linked to a strong national  defense;
 15    and
 16        WHEREAS,  the  United  States Department of Defense chartered the National
 17    Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in 1972 to pro-
 18    mote both public and private employer understanding of the National Guard  and
 19    Reserve  in  order to gain employer and community support through programs and
 20    personnel policies and practices that encourage employee and citizen  partici-
 21    pation in National Guard and Reserve programs; and
 22        WHEREAS,  today, nearly 4,500 volunteer executives, senior government rep-
 23    resentatives, educators, and military personnel serve on local ESGR committees
 24    and conduct employer support programs, including Bosslifts, Briefings with the
 25    Boss, Mission One, Ombudsmen Services, and recognition of employers whose pol-
 26    icies support or encourage participation in the National  Guard  and  Reserve;
 27    and
 28        WHEREAS,  the Idaho Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve promotes the
 29    development of a positive relationship between employers and  those  employees
 30    who  serve  in the guard and reserve, and serves as a resource for information
 31    related to the United States Department of Labor's Uniformed Services  Employ-
 32    ment and Reemployment Rights Act.
 33        NOW,  THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
 34    sion of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives  and
 35    the  Senate concurring therein, that we urge renewed and continuing support of
 36    the Idaho Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 14076

This legislation expresses support and encouragement for Idaho
National Guard and Reserve personnel and the public agencies and
private businesses they work for by recognizing the efforts of
the Idaho Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

                          FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.


Contact
Name: Rep. JoAn Wood 
Phone: 332-1000
Byron Keely, Governmental Relations Director, ID ESGR
Phone: 344-0565


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                  HCR 045