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 12 2 STA T .5 1 83CON C UR R E NT RESO L UT I ONS —J UNE 5 , 2 0 08 (G)ext e nsio no f t h e d ed uc tion fo r s mal l b usiness ex p ensin g; and ( H ) enactment of a tax credit for school construction bonds .T he House assumes that the cost of enacting such policies is offset b y reforms w ithin the I nternal R e v enue C ode of 1986 that promote a fairer distribution of taxes across families and generations , eco - nomic efficiency, higher rates of tax compliance to close the tax gap, and reduced taxpayer burdens through tax simplification. SEC.402 . POLI C Y O ND E F ENSE P R IORI T IES. It is the policy of this resolution that — (1) the A dministration ’ s budget re q uests should comply with section 1 0 08, P ublic L aw 109 –3 6 4, the J ohn W arner N ational D efense Authori z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2 00 7, and the Administration should no longer attempt to fund overseas military operations through emergency supplemental appro- priations requests; (2) the Department of Defense should exclude nonwar requirements from its funding requests for Iraq and Afghani- stan; (3) implementing the recommendation of the National Commission on Terrorist Attac k s U pon the United S tates (com- monly referred to as the 9 / 11 Commission) to adequately fund cooperative threat reduction and nuclear nonproliferation pro- grams (securing ‘ ‘loose nukes’’) is a high priority and should receive far greater emphasis than the President’s budget pro- vides; (4) readiness of our troops, particularly the National Guard and Reserve, is a high priority, and that greater emphasis needs to be placed on mitigating equipment and training short- falls; ( 5 ) TRICAR E fees for military retirees under the age of 65 should not be increased as the President’s budget proposes; (6) military pay and benefits should be enhanced to improve the quality of life of military personnel; (7) improving military health care services continues to be a high priority and adequate funding to ensure quality health care for returning combat veterans should be provided; (8) sufficient funds should be provided to the military serv- ices to expedite review of cases involving servicemembers who could have been erroneously discharged from service for a personality disorder, which resulted in a loss of benefits or care, as a result of a combat-related psychological in j ury (such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) or a closed head injury (such as Traumatic B rain Injury); (9) higher priority defense needs could be addressed by funding missile defense at an adequate but lower level, not providing funding for development of space-based missile defense interceptors, and by restraining excessive cost and schedule growth in defense research, development and procure- ment programs; (10) the Department of Defense should reassess current defense plans to ensure that weapons developed to counter Cold War-era threats are not redundant and are applicable to 21st century threats;

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