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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7215 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for congressional notice 

and termination requirements for use of authority under the Insurrection 

Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2020 

Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. DEAN, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. HIMES, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, and Ms. JACKSON

LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for congressional notice and termination requirements for use 

of authority under the Insurrection Act, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Deployment Noti5 fication Act of 2020.’’ 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND TERMI2 NATION REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AU3 THORITY UNDER INSURRECTION ACT. 

4 (a) FEDERAL AID FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS.—Sec5 tion 251 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

7 IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 256 of this title 

8 and subsection (b), whenever’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 sections: 

11 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 

12 may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 

13 submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 

14 of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 

15 justification of the President for exercising such authority. 

16 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 

17 this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 

18 means— 

19 ‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 

20 of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 

22 the Senate and House of Representatives; 

23 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

24 of the House of Representatives; 

25 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

26 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 

2 the Senate and House of Representatives; 

3 ‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 

4 House of Representatives; 

5 ‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 ‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con8 gressional leadership as may be included by the 

9 President.’’. 

10 (b) USE OF MILITIA AND ARMED FORCES TO EN11 FORCE FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 252 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

14 IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 256 of this title 

15 and subsection (b), whenever’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub17 sections: 

18 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 

19 may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 

20 submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 

21 of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 

22 justification of the President for exercising such authority. 

23 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 

24 this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 

25 means— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 

2 of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 

4 the Senate and House of Representatives; 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 of the House of Representatives; 

7 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

9 ‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 

10 the Senate and House of Representatives; 

11 ‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 

12 House of Representatives; 

13 ‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 

14 Senate; and 

15 ‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con16 gressional leadership as may be included by the 

17 President.’’. 

18 (c) USE OF MILITIA AND ARMED FORCES TO EN19 FORCE FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 253 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to section 256 of 

23 this title and subsection (b), the President’’; 

24 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

25 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 


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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘In any situa2 tion’’; 

3 (4) by striking ‘‘clause (1)’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; and 

5 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub6 sections: 

7 ‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 

8 may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 

9 submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 

10 of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 

11 justification of the President for exercising such authority. 

12 ‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 

13 this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 

14 means— 

15 ‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 

16 of— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 

18 the Senate and House of Representatives; 

19 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

20 of the House of Representatives; 

21 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

23 ‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 

24 the Senate and House of Representatives; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 

2 House of Representatives; 

3 ‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 

4 Senate; and 

5 ‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con6 gressional leadership as may be included by the 

7 President.’’. 

8 (d) TERMINATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

11 end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 256. Termination of authority 

13 ‘‘Authority exercised under section 251, 252, or 253 

14 of this title shall terminate on the date that is 14 days 

15 after the first day on which such authority is exercised 

16 unless such authority is specifically extended pursuant to 

17 the enactment of a law or joint resolution.’’. 

18 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec19 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

20 by inserting after the item relating to section 255 

21 the following new item: 

‘‘256. Termination of authority.’’. 

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