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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 657 

To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority 

over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors 

of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States 

with respect to administration of the National Guard. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2021 

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. 

BROWN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the 

same authority over the National Guard of the District 

of Columbia as the Governors of the several States exercise over the National Guard of those States with respect 

to administration of the National Guard. 

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 ‘‘District of Columbia 

5 National Guard Home Rule Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORITIES TO 

2 MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

3 (a) MAYOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.—Section 6 of 

4 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the organization 

5 of the militia of the District of Columbia, and for other 

6 purposes’’, approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49–409, D.C. 

7 Official Code), is amended by striking ‘‘President of the 

8 United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of 

9 Columbia’’. 

10 (b) RESERVE CORPS.—Section 72 of such Act (sec. 

11 49–407, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘President of the United States’’ each place it appears 

13 and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

14 (c) APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.— 

15 (1) Section 7(a) of such Act (sec. 49–301(a), D.C. Official 

16 Code) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘President of the United 

18 States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Co19 lumbia’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘President.’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Mayor.’’. 

22 (2) Section 9 of such Act (sec. 49–304, D.C. Official 

23 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

25 (3) Section 13 of such Act (sec. 49–305, D.C. Official 

26 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘President of the United 


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1 States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Colum2 bia’’. 

3 (4) Section 19 of such Act (sec. 49–311, D.C. Official 

4 Code) is amended— 

5 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to the Sec6 retary of the Army’’ and all that follows through 

7 ‘‘which board’’ and inserting ‘‘to a board of exam8 ination appointed by the Commanding General, 

9 which’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec11 retary of the Army’’ and all that follows through the 

12 period and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District of 

13 Columbia, together with any recommendations of the 

14 Commanding General.’’. 

15 (5) Section 20 of such Act (sec. 49–312, D.C. Official 

16 Code) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘President of the United 

18 States’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Mayor 

19 of the District of Columbia’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘the President may retire’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘the Mayor may retire’’. 

22 (d) CALL FOR DUTY.—(1) Section 45 of such Act 

23 (sec. 49–103, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘, or for the United States Marshal’’ and all that follows 

25 through ‘‘shall thereupon order’’ and inserting ‘‘to order’’. 


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1 (2) Section 46 of such Act (sec. 49–104, D.C. Official 

2 Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the President’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

4 (e) GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL.—Section 51 of such 

5 Act (sec. 49–503, D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘the President of the United States’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

8 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 

9 STATES CODE. 

10 (a) FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM PRE11 SCRIBED TRAINING.—Section 10148(b) of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the commanding 

13 general of the District of Columbia National Guard’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

15 (b) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD

16 BUREAU.—Section 10502(a)(1) of such title is amended 

17 by striking ‘‘the commanding general of the District of 

18 Columbia National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of 

19 the District of Columbia’’. 

20 (c) VICE CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.— 

21 Section 10505(a)(1)(A) of such title is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘the commanding general of the District of Columbia 

23 National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District 

24 of Columbia’’. 


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1 (d) OTHER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU OF2 FICERS.—Section 10506(a)(1) of such title is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘the commanding general of the District of Co4 lumbia National Guard’’ both places it appears and insert5 ing ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

6 (e) CONSENT FOR ACTIVE DUTY OR RELOCATION.— 

7 (1) Section 12301 of such title is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘commanding 

9 general of the District of Columbia National Guard’’ 

10 in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the 

11 District of Columbia’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (d), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or, in the 

14 case of the District of Columbia National Guard, the 

15 Mayor of the District of Columbia.’’. 

16 (2) Section 12406 of such title is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘the commanding general of the National Guard of the 

18 District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the 

19 District of Columbia’’. 

20 (f) CONSENT FOR RELOCATION OF UNITS.—Section 

21 18238 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the com22 manding general of the National Guard of the District of 

23 Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Co24 lumbia’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 32, UNITED 

2 STATES CODE. 

3 (a) MAINTENANCE OF OTHER TROOPS.—Section 

4 109(c) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘(or commanding general in the case of the Dis6 trict of Columbia)’’. 

7 (b) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC8 TIVITIES.—Section 112(h)(2) of such title is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘the Commanding General of the National Guard 

10 of the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of 

11 the District of Columbia’’. 

12 (c) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 113 of such 

13 title is amended by adding at the end the following new 

14 subsection: 

15 ‘‘(e) INCLUSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—In 

16 this section, the term ‘State’ includes the District of Co17 lumbia.’’. 

18 (d) APPOINTMENT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.—Sec19 tion 314 of such title is amended— 

20 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

21 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

22 subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and 

23 (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by 

24 striking ‘‘the commanding general of the District of 

25 Columbia National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

26 Mayor of the District of Columbia,’’. 


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1 (e) RELIEF FROM NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.—Sec2 tion 325(a)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘commanding general of the District of Columbia Na4 tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District 

5 of Columbia’’. 

6 (f) AUTHORITY TO ORDER TO PERFORM ACTIVE

7 GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY.— 

8 (1) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 328 

9 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the com10 manding general’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the 

11 District of Columbia after consultation with the 

12 commanding general’’. 

13 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

15 such section is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘§ 328. Active Guard and Reserve duty: authority of 

17 chief executive’’. 

18 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

19 sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such 

20 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

21 section 328 and inserting the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘328. Active Guard and Reserve duty: authority of chief executive.’’. 

23 (g) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—Section 505 of such title 

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1 tional Guard of the District of Columbia’’ in the first sen2 tence and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

3 (h) NATIONAL GUARD CHALLENGE PROGRAM.—Sec4 tion 509 of such title is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘the com6 manding general of the District of Columbia Na7 tional Guard, under which the Governor or the com8 manding general’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the 

9 District of Columbia, under which the Governor or 

10 the Mayor’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘the com12 manding general of the District of Columbia Na13 tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis14 trict of Columbia’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘the com16 manding general of the District of Columbia Na17 tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis18 trict of Columbia’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘the com20 manding general of the District of Columbia Na21 tional Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the Dis22 trict of Columbia’’. 

23 (i) ISSUANCE OF SUPPLIES.—Section 702(a) of such 

24 title is amended by striking ‘‘commanding general of the 


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1 National Guard of the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

3 (j) APPOINTMENT OF FISCAL OFFICER.—Section 

4 708(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘commanding 

5 general of the National Guard of the District of Colum6 bia’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 

7 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF 

8 COLUMBIA HOME RULE ACT. 

9 Section 602(b) of the District of Columbia Home 

10 Rule Act (sec. 1–206.02(b), D.C. Official Code) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘the National Guard of the District of Co12 lumbia,’’. 

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