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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3494 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the availability of 

appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities conducted by the National Guard, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2009 

Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

availability of appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities conducted by the National 

Guard, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR 

2 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY-TO-CIVILIAN AND 

3 CIVILIAN-TO-CIVILIAN CONTACT ACTIVITIES 

4 CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1007 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 10219. International military-civilian contact ac9 tivities conducted by the National Guard: 

10 availability of appropriated funds to sup11 port activities 

12 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS; AU13 THORIZED PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated to the De14 partment of Defense shall be available for the payment 

15 of costs incurred by the National Guard (including the 

16 costs of pay and allowances of members of the National 

17 Guard) in conducting international military-to-civilian 

18 contacts, civilian-to-civilian contacts, and comparable ac19 tivities for purposes as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) To support the objectives of the com21 mander of the combatant command for the theater 

22 of operations in which such contacts and activities 

23 are conducted. 

24 ‘‘(2) To build international civil-military part25 nerships and capacity. 


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1 ‘‘(3) To strengthen cooperation between the de2 partments and agencies of the United States Gov3 ernment and agencies of foreign governments. 

4 ‘‘(4) To facilitate intergovernmental collabora5 tion between the United States Government and for6 eign governments. 

7 ‘‘(5) To facilitate and enhance the exchange of 

8 information between the United States Government 

9 and foreign governments on matters relating to de10 fense and security. 

11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Funds shall not be available 

12 under subsection (a) for contacts and activities described 

13 in that subsection that are conducted in a foreign country 

14 unless jointly approved by the commander of the combat15 ant command concerned and the chief of mission con16 cerned. 

17 ‘‘(2) Funds shall not be available under subsection 

18 (a) for the participation of a member of the National 

19 Guard in contacts and activities described in that sub20 section in a foreign country unless the member is on active 

21 duty in the Armed Forces at the time of such participa22 tion. 

23 ‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT.—In the event of the partici24 pation of personnel of a department or agency of the 

25 United States Government (other than the Department of 


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1 Defense) in contacts and activities for which payment is 

2 made under subsection (a), the head of such department 

3 or agency shall reimburse the Secretary of Defense for the 

4 costs associated with the participation of such personnel 

5 in such contacts and activities. Amounts reimbursed the 

6 Department of Defense under this subsection shall be de7 posited in the appropriation or account from which 

8 amounts for the payment concerned were derived. Any 

9 amounts so deposited shall be merged with amounts in 

10 such appropriation or account, and shall be available for 

11 the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and 

12 limitations, as amounts in such appropriation or account. 

13 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 ‘‘(1) The term ‘military-to-civilian contacts’ 

15 means the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Contacts between members of the 

17 Armed Forces and foreign civilian personnel. 

18 ‘‘(B) Contacts between members of foreign 

19 Armed Forces and United States civilian per20 sonnel. 

21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘civilian-to-civilian contacts’ 

22 means contacts between United States civilian per23 sonnel and foreign civilian personnel. 

24 ‘‘(3) The term ‘United States civilian personnel’ 

25 means the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Personnel of the United States Gov2 ernment (including personnel of departments 

3 and agencies of the United States Government 

4 other than the Department of Defense) and 

5 personnel of State and local governments of the 

6 United States. 

7 ‘‘(B) Members and employees of the legis8 lative branch, and non-governmental individ9 uals, if the participation of such individuals in 

10 contacts and activities described in subsection 

11 (a)— 

12 ‘‘(i) contributes to responsible man13 agement of defense resources; 

14 ‘‘(ii) fosters greater respect for and 

15 understanding of the principle of civilian 

16 control of the military; 

17 ‘‘(iii) contributes to cooperation be18 tween foreign military and civilian govern19 ment agencies and United States military 

20 and civilian governmental agencies; or 

21 ‘‘(iv) improves international partner22 ships and capacity on matters relating to 

23 defense and security. 

24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘foreign civilian personnel’ 

25 means the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Civilian personnel of foreign govern2 ments at any level (including personnel of min3 istries other than ministries of defense). 

4 ‘‘(B) Non-governmental individuals of for5 eign countries, if the participation of such indi6 viduals in contacts and activities described in 

7 subsection (a) will further the achievement of 

8 any matter set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) 

9 of paragraph (3)(B).’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

11 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

12 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘10219. International military-civilian contact activities conducted by the National Guard: availability of appropriated funds to support activities.’’. 

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