HF 3424

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

1.1     A resolution
1.2     memorializing the President and Congress to enact legislation to allow members of the 
1.3     armed forces to transfer unused educational assistance to their dependents.  
1.4     WHEREAS, men and women in the United States armed forces are to be commended for their 
1.5     heroic service in defense of our country and in the spread of freedom and democracy throughout 
1.6     the world; and  
1.7     WHEREAS, many members of the armed forces have families and both the members 
1.8     and the families make great financial and other sacrifices to serve their country and its people, 
1.9     frequently spending long periods apart and suffering deprivations not shared by their nonmilitary 
1.10    fellow citizens; and  
1.11    WHEREAS, members of the armed forces have performed a valuable service to their country 
1.12    and made valuable commitments in reliance on the availability of educational assistance and ought 
1.13    to be allowed to transfer that assistance to their dependents; NOW, THEREFORE,  
1.14    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota  that it urges the President 
1.15    and the Congress  of the United States to speedily enact H.R. 3625 or any similar bill that authorizes 
1.16    transfer of educational assistance to dependents by members of the United States armed forces or 
1.17    veterans who are entitled to educational assistance. 
1.18    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is 
1.19    directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, 
1.20    the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  
1.21    States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.