Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that officials of local governments who are also members of the National Guard or Reserves and are deployed as part of their service in the Armed Forces should be granted reasonable accommodation to fulfill their governmental duties while so deployed.

Declares that officials of local governments who are deployed as members of the National Guard or Reserves maintain their rights while deployed and that local governments should make reasonable accommodations to protect the right of such officials to participate in governmental proceedings while deployed.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 468 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 468

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that officials of 
    local governments who are also members of the National Guard or 
Reserves and are deployed as part of their service in the Armed Forces 
      should be granted reasonable accommodation to fulfill their 
                 governmental duties while so deployed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2007

     Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that officials of 
    local governments who are also members of the National Guard or 
Reserves and are deployed as part of their service in the Armed Forces 
      should be granted reasonable accommodation to fulfill their 
                 governmental duties while so deployed.

Whereas every American citizen has the right to participate in government;
Whereas every American citizen constitutionally eligible to vote should not ever 
        have that right abridged;
Whereas members of the Armed Forces have served bravely and heroically in 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom;
Whereas the stresses of these conflicts has led to multiple and extended 
        deployments for many members of the Armed Forces; and
Whereas modern technology has made it possible to actively participate in 
        government proceedings without being in physical attendance: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) officials of local governments who are also members of 
        the National Guard or Reserves and are deployed as part of 
        their service in the Armed Forces maintain their rights while 
        so deployed; and
            (2) local governments should make reasonable accommodations 
        to protect the right of members of the Armed Forces who also 
        serve as government officials to participate in governmental 
        proceedings while so deployed.
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