Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Kentucky
Legislative Advocacy
Every benefit you draw started as somebody’s resolution. Kentucky writes them, carries them to the national floor, and votes on them. Here is what we took to Daytona Beach and what came back.
How the process works
State associations submit resolution proposals to EANGUS. The Committee on Resolutions reviews each one and recommends it to the delegates or does not. Delegates vote. Adopted proposals become EANGUS Standing Resolutions, and those Standing Resolutions set the national legislative agenda that EANGUS carries to Congress.
55th EANGUS Annual Conference
Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Florida
31 July to 3 August 2026
Kentucky’s 2026 results
What we won
The My Career Advancement Account scholarship provides up to $4,000 in tuition assistance to military spouses pursuing portable career credentials. Spouses of Guard members serving full time on Title 32 AGR duty are excluded. Those families receive the same pay, BAH, TRICARE, and retirement benefits as their Title 10 counterparts. The only difference is the statutory authority printed on the orders.
Military spouse unemployment runs 21 to 24 percent, roughly five times the civilian rate. DoW already extended FSA eligibility to Title 32 AGR personnel in 2024 and expanded MyCAA pay grade eligibility that October. The precedent exists.
EANGUS adopted Kentucky’s language without amendment.
The Army National Guard operates roughly 3,000 armories across more than 2,600 communities. Most lack adequate fitness equipment. Guard members spend more than 325 days a year in their civilian communities with no access to an installation fitness center, yet they meet the same standards as active duty personnel and face separation for repeated Army Fitness Test failures.
An estimated 68 percent of Reserve Component personnel are overweight or have obesity, the highest rate of any component. A benefit at $125 per Soldier annually across the full ARNG would cost roughly $41 million, under 3 percent of what DoW already spends on obesity-related care.
Amended on the floor. Montana moved to strike “TRICARE” from the title, the short description, and the recommendation. The amendment carried by voice vote. The adopted ask is a gym membership reimbursement benefit with no payer named, which leaves Congress, the Defense Health Agency, and the National Guard Bureau all on the table.
What did not advance
Proposal 26-12D, Modernization of USERRA to Reflect the Operational Reserve Components, was not recommended to the delegates.
A failure to recommend is not a vote against the idea. The Committee report states plainly that a submitting state may refine the proposal and resubmit it in a future cycle. Kentucky intends to do that. If USERRA gaps have affected your civilian employment, we want to hear about it before the next submission window.
Legislative Proposal 291
NGB Legislative Proposal 291 would end the Title 32 Dual-Status Military Technician program as it has existed since 1969. It converts the workforce toward an end state of roughly 89 percent AGR and 11 percent Title 5 civilian, with full implementation targeted for 1 October 2038. Technicians nearing retirement eligibility may stay in technician status under a delayed-conversion option of up to ten years.
The Department of War developed the proposal and the Office of Management and Budget approved it. DoW transmitted it to Congress in May 2026. It is not an association proposal. Conversion requires the consent of both the Governor and the individual Service Member.
EANGUS announced its support publicly on 6 June 2026. The House passed H.R. 8800 on 22 July. Delegates ratified the association position on 3 August by adopting Proposal 26-17D, submitted by West Virginia. The Senate has not passed S. 4784. Conference reconciliation is the next step.
Three material questions remain open heading into conference. Control grade availability. How FERS creditable service is treated at the point of conversion. Whether appropriations follow the authorized end strength increase. Members are right to press on all three.
EANGKY produced a full briefing on LP-291 for the membership. It documents the history from the 1968 Technicians Act forward, breaks the conversion decision out by years of service, addresses concerns raised about the national association position, and separates what is documented from what nobody can answer yet. Every source is public and listed.
If you are a technician, read Section 4 and Section 8 first. Then pull your FERS service computation date and your military points statement. No public document answers what conversion means for you. Those two numbers do.
Read the briefing (PDF) · SFC Michael Smith, August 2026
The full 2026 slate
Delegates adopted eleven proposals. These now guide the EANGUS legislative agenda.
Proposal numbers shown as submitted. EANGUS renumbers adopted proposals in sequence as Standing Resolutions. This page will be updated when the final numbered report publishes.
Kentucky on Capitol Hill
EANGKY sends a delegation to the EANGUS Presidents and Legislative Workshop each spring. Members meet directly with Kentucky’s Congressional delegation and their staffs to make the case in person.
Get involved
Take action
Advocacy works when members engage. Pick one.
- Contact your representatives. The EANGUS Legislative Action Center tracks every bill EANGUS is working this Congress and lets you send a message to your legislators in a couple of minutes.
- Tell your story. A personal account of how a policy gap hit your family carries more weight with a Congressional office than any brief we can write.
- Submit a resolution. Kentucky’s two adopted proposals started as ideas from members. Send us yours.
- Attend the state conference. Resolutions get voted on the floor before they ever reach the national body.
Looking up a Standing Resolution
EANGUS maintains the full database of active Standing Resolutions, the submission SOP, and instructions for proposing one. Every position the Association holds is searchable there.
Questions about EANGKY legislative activity, or an idea for a resolution, go to president@eangky.org.