1.1     A resolution&#10;1.2     memorializing the President and Congress to enact legislation to allow members of the &#10;1.3     armed forces to transfer unused educational assistance to their dependents.  &#10;1.4     WHEREAS, men and women in the United States armed forces are to be commended for their &#10;1.5     heroic service in defense of our country and in the spread of freedom and democracy throughout &#10;1.6     the world; and  &#10;1.7     WHEREAS, many members of the armed forces have families and both the members &#10;1.8     and the families make great financial and other sacrifices to serve their country and its people, &#10;1.9     frequently spending long periods apart and suffering deprivations not shared by their nonmilitary &#10;1.10    fellow citizens; and  &#10;1.11    WHEREAS, members of the armed forces have performed a valuable service to their country &#10;1.12    and made valuable commitments in reliance on the availability of educational assistance and ought &#10;1.13    to be allowed to transfer that assistance to their dependents; NOW, THEREFORE,  &#10;1.14    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota  that it urges the President &#10;1.15    and the Congress  of the United States to speedily enact H.R. 3625 or any similar bill that authorizes &#10;1.16    transfer of educational assistance to dependents by members of the United States armed forces or &#10;1.17    veterans who are entitled to educational assistance. &#10;1.18    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is &#10;1.19    directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, &#10;1.20    the President and the Secretary of the  United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United  &#10;1.21    States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.&#10;