Resolutions
NGAT is a member-based organization and input from our members forms the basis of the NGAT legislative agenda. Our duty is to support the Texas National Guard by presenting resolutions to the National level to garner support and lobbying assistance. It is important that we keep our representatives informed on important issues facing the National Guard today.
EMAIL US AT RESOLUTIONS@NGAT.ORG
NGAT Resolutions Chairs
Chair: Paul Cerniauskas
Army Chair: Paul Cerniauskas
Air Chair: Nate Norton
Have an idea for a Resolution?
Contact the Resolutions committee to submit ideas that benefit Texas National Guard members, their families and retirees. Submit resolution ideas by email to resolutions@ngat.org.
Better yet—join the committee and lend your expertise to the Association and its members.
Current Status of NGAT Resolutions
NGAT Resolution Status as of 4-7-24
Resolution Committee Meeting Dates
The NGAT Resolutions Committee will meet this coming year on the follow dates and time.
Jun 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. on Microsoft Teams
If you are a member of NGAT and would like to attend the Resolutions Committee meeting, please email resolutions@ngat.org with your name, email, and phone number to request an invitation. You will receive the invitation with the Microsoft Teams link.
NGAT Resolutions Documents
Forms coming soon
EMAIL us at: resolutions@ngat.org
Why Are Resolutions Important?
NGAT, NGAUS and EANGUS are member-based organizations; input from our members is instrumental in determining what direction we take in the coming years. Your input defines what issues are important. Our duty is to support the National Guard community by lobbying the Texas State Legislature and the United States Congress.
Through face-to-face engagement, letters, emails, and phone calls, we make sure that our representatives understand the important issues facing the National Guard today.
What is a Resolution?
A resolution is a legislative idea that a member or state would like NGAT to work on. If it is a state issue, NGAT will work with the Texas State Legislature. For federal issues, NGAT will work with NGAUS or EANGUS to make our voice heard. As a member-based organization, NGAT, NGAUS and EANGUS solicits proposed resolutions from its membership aimed at enhancing the National Guard, its equipment, capabilities and the quality of life for Soldiers, Airmen and their families.
Resolutions are categorized as Army, Air or Joint. Army and Air resolutions relate to missions or equipment under the purview of the Army and Air National Guard, while Joint resolutions relate to issues involving personnel and benefits, medical, and domestic operations.
Preparing a Draft Resolution
Coming soon.
Resolutions Update May 9, 2024
I want to thank all the unit delegates that attended the Annual Meeting during the NGAT conference in the Round Rock Kalahari Resort in March. We presented three candidate resolutions to the membership body for consideration, and I am pleased to say that they all passed – they are now NGAT standing resolutions. There are two state level resolutions and one national level resolution.
State level resolutions –
- Extending Federal Soldiers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to State Active Duty (SAD). This will provide a key benefit to Texas Guardsmen on long-term SAD missions to minimize the financial impact of long-duration SAD missions to Guardsmen and their families.
- Providing employee benefits to Guardsmen on long-duration State Active Duty (SAD) missions. This will go a long way to take care of Soldiers and Airmen and their families who serve on SAD missions by allowing access to benefits our Texas state partners routinely have access to; working at parity for our Guardsmen.
National level resolution –
- Fully funding the C130H/J Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure (LAIRCM) system. This is a key protection system against shoulder-launched IR missiles. If passed this will be worked at the national association level.
Our Association has spoken and this is what we will work towards. The state level resolutions will be handed off to the NGAT Government Affairs committee which will be worked in cooperation with our lobbying efforts to draft into a bill and find a Texas congressional sponsor. The national resolution will be drafted into a National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) resolution and submitted for voting at the NGAUS conference Resolutions Committee in August 2024. We will keep you updated on the progress of those resolutions.
One comment I have heard from several members is not being more informed on which resolutions will be voted on at the conference. I absolutely acknowledge that we can (and will) improve how we socialize the resolutions going into the conference next year; printing resolutions information for the unit delegates’ welcome packets, publishing as far in advance in the NGAT magazine, etc.
Also, please know that we have made great improvements on providing status of the resolutions on the NGAT website. Everyone can be more informed on all things resolutions by visiting the website: https://ngat.org/resolutions/. On the website, I provide the status of all resolutions on that web page – including which will be going to conference for voting. Further, all members are welcome to attend the Resolutions Committee (virtual) meetings to get the status and listen to current actions. I include those dates and times on that website. Please email resolutions@ngat.org if you want to attend any of those scheduled Resolution Committee meetings and I will provide a MS Teams link for your attendance.
Finally, as always, you – our members – know the future resolutions in the form of your ideas for improvements. Let us know what those ideas are so we can work on those and make them a reality. Soon we will be providing an online form to submit your improvement ideas (i.e. future possible resolutions) to the Resolutions Committee. Until that time, please submit those improvement ideas to resolutions@ngat.org.
Thank you.
Regards,
Paul Cerniauskas
NGAT Resolutions Committee Chairman
NGAT Resolutions 2024 Information
Extending Federal Soldiers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to State Active Duty (SAD)
Employee Benefits to Guardsmen on State Active Duty
C130J Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure (LAIRCM) System
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