74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to HJM 9
 
LC 3648/HJM 9-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                     HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 9
 
           By COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, ETHICS AND RULES
 
                            March 13
 
  On page 1 of the printed joint memorial, line 11, delete '
3,000' and insert '3,100' and delete 'soldiers' and insert '
service members'.
  In line 13, delete '22,000' and insert '52,000'.
  In line 17, delete '$357 billion' and insert '$500 billion'.
  In line 19, after 'States' delete the rest of the line and line
20 and insert: '; and
  ' Whereas under our republican form of government, Oregon
shares responsibility for $12 billion in joint programs with the
federal government at a time when the administration is cutting
the federal commitment to education, transportation, human
services, veterans' programs and aid to the most vulnerable
citizens in this country; and'.
  In line 21, delete 'the military occupation of Iraq has ' and
insert 'military activities in Iraq have'.
  In line 22, delete 'Oregon'.
  After line 22, insert:
  ' Whereas the Oregon National Guard has deployed more than
5,300 service members, with more than 900 citizen soldiers
seeking mental health care in local communities during a time of
shrinking federal services; and
  ' Whereas the Oregon National Guard's equipment readiness has
dropped below 40 percent, with a shortage of more than 300 trucks
critically required to respond to state disasters involving life
and limb; and'.
  After line 24, insert:
  ' Whereas the additional brigades proposed for deployment to
Iraq will be short of personal equipment, enhanced armor
protection kits for vehicles and equipment critical to force
protection of service members; and'.
  On page 2, line 3, delete 'press reports indicate' and insert
'congressional testimony indicates'.
  In line 4, delete 'Joint Chiefs of Staff have' and insert '
commanding general in Iraq has'.
  In line 5, delete 'both' and after 'authority' delete the rest
of the line.
  In line 6, delete 'dition of limiting expansions' and insert
'to limit expansion' and delete 'forcing redeployments ' and
insert 'force redeployment'.
  In line 15, delete 'not to approve' and insert 'to oppose'.
  In line 16, delete 'but instead' and insert 'and'.
  In line 17, delete 'prohibits' and insert 'limits'.
  In line 24, after 'Iraq,' insert 'to expand advisory assistance
to the elected government of Iraq and commence direct regional
diplomacy as the congressionally approved Iraq Study Group
recommends,' and delete 'elected'.
  In line 26, delete 'August 1, 2007' and insert 'the first
quarter of fiscal year 2008'.
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