Bill Text: OH SCR43 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To memorialize the Congress to amend the Military
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-12 - To Public Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs [SCR43 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SCR43-Introduced.html
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Senator Kearney
| To memorialize the Congress to amend the Military | 1 |
| Selective Service Act to require women also to | 2 |
| register for the selective service. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, Women served the United States Army during the | 4 |
| American Revolution, nursing the ill and wounded, mending | 5 |
| clothing, and cooking for the troops, and have served the United | 6 |
| States armed forces in some capacity during every military | 7 |
| conflict in the nation's history; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, In over more than a decade of war in Iraq and | 9 |
| Afghanistan, more than 225,000 women have served, demonstrating | 10 |
| courage, skill and patriotism, and 152 women in uniform have died | 11 |
| serving this nation; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Women currently make up 15% of the United States | 13 |
| armed forces; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Women are an integral part of the Department of | 15 |
| Defense's ability to fulfill its mission; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, On January 24, 2013, following a unanimous | 17 |
| recommendation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States | 18 |
| Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta announced the end of the | 19 |
| direct ground combat exclusion rule for female service members; | 20 |
| and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, In a statement released following the announcement, | 22 |
| President Barack Obama praised the decision; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, The change is intended to ensure that the best | 24 |
| qualified and most capable service members, regardless of gender, | 25 |
| are available to carry out the mission; and | 26 |
| WHEREAS, The decision opens up about 237,000 positions to | 27 |
| women, 184,000 in combat arms professions and 53,000 assignments | 28 |
| that were closed based on unit type; and | 29 |
| WHEREAS, The Secretary also announced that the service | 30 |
| branches will continue to move forward with a plan to eliminate | 31 |
| all unnecessary gender-based barriers to service; and | 32 |
| WHEREAS, The Secretary has directed the military services to | 33 |
| undertake an evaluation of all occupational performance standards | 34 |
| to ensure they are up to date and gender-neutral; and | 35 |
| WHEREAS, Once the policy is fully implemented, military | 36 |
| occupations will be closed to women only by exception, and only if | 37 |
| approved by the Secretary; and | 38 |
| WHEREAS, The Military Selective Service Act requires every | 39 |
| male citizen of the United States, and every other male person | 40 |
| residing in the United States, who is between the ages of eighteen | 41 |
| and twenty-six, to register with the Selective Service; and | 42 |
| WHEREAS, Full equality for women in the Unites States Armed | 43 |
| Forces should begin with military selective service registration | 44 |
| that is gender neutral; now therefore be it | 45 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 46 |
| of the State of Ohio, request that the Congress amend the Military | 47 |
| Selective Service Act to require women also to register for the | 48 |
| selective service; and be it further | 49 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 50 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the | 51 |
| United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Speaker and Clerk of | 52 |
| the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro | 53 |
| Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of | 54 |
| the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio. | 55 |
