HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1048, 1049
PRINTER'S NO. 1128
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
149
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, BLAKE, VULAKOVICH, COSTA, WILLIAMS,
HAYWOOD, AUMENT, BAKER, HUTCHINSON, TARTAGLIONE, VOGEL,
FARNESE, BROOKS, SCAVELLO AND YAW, JUNE 15, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 26, 2015
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress to take all necessary action to prohibit any
force structure changes, to prohibit any transfer of AH-64
Apache helicopters from the National Guard, and maintain the
Army National Guard at 350,200 soldiers until the National
Commission on the Future of the Army has reported its
findings; and urging the United States Army to reverse its
decision to deactivate the 55th Armored Brigade Combat Team,
and to reverse its decision to transfer any National Guard
AH-64 Apache helicopters to active duty.
WHEREAS, The United States Army plans to transfer all
National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopters to active duty as part
of the United States Army's Aviation Restructuring Initiative;
and
WHEREAS, The United States Army has marked Pennsylvania's
55th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) for inactivation; and
WHEREAS, The 55th ABCT is headquartered in Scranton, extends
over the eastern portion of Pennsylvania and approximately 3,500
Pennsylvanians serve with the 55th ABCT; and
WHEREAS, Congress established the National Commission on the
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