I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2042 
To establish the Space National Guard. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2025 
Mr. CROW (for himself and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish the Space National Guard. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space National Guard 
Establishment Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Space 
National Guard that is part of the organized militia 
of the States specified in paragraph (3), active and 
inactive, that— 
(A) is a space force; 
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(B) is trained, and has its officers ap-
pointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 
article I of the Constitution; 
(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 
wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 
(D) is federally recognized. 
(2) RESERVE
COMPONENT.—The Space Na-
tional Guard shall be the reserve component of the 
Space Force all of whose members are members of 
the Space National Guard. 
(3) STATES SPECIFIED.—The States specified 
in this paragraph are: 
(A) Alaska. 
(B) California. 
(C) Colorado. 
(D) Florida. 
(E) Hawaii. 
(F) New York. 
(G) Ohio. 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) DIRECTOR
OF
THE
SPACE
NATIONAL 
GUARD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Space 
Operations for the National Guard Bureau shall 
be transferred to the Space National Guard and 
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be known as the Director of the Space National 
Guard. 
(B) RANK.—The Director of the Space 
National Guard shall carry the rank of Briga-
dier General and shall report to the Director of 
the Air National Guard. 
(2) TRANSFER OF SPACE OPERATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The staff assigned to 
space operations in the National Guard Bureau, 
and the units specified in subparagraph (B), 
shall be transferred to the Space National 
Guard. 
(B) UNITS SPECIFIED.—The units speci-
fied in this subparagraph are the following: 
(i) 213th Space Warning Squadron, 
Alaska Air National Guard. 
(ii) 148th Space Operations Squad-
ron, California Air National Guard. 
(iii) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare 
Squadron, California Air National Guard. 
(iv) 
234th 
Intelligence 
Squadron, 
California Air National Guard. 
(v) 137th Space Warning Squadron, 
Colorado Air National Guard. 
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(vi) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare 
Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 
(vii) 233d Space Group, Colorado Air 
National Guard. 
(viii) 233d Space Communications 
Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 
(ix) 233d Space Group, Det-1 (Com-
bat Training Detachment) Colorado Air 
National Guard. 
(x) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare 
Squadron, Florida Air National Guard. 
(xi) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare 
Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 
(xii) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare 
Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 
(xiii) 126th Intelligence Squadron, 
Ohio Air National Guard. 
(xiv) 222nd Command and Control 
Squadron, New York Air National Guard. 
(3) 
PROHIBITION
ON
ADDITIONAL
PER-
SONNEL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be no per-
sonnel assigned or allocated to the Space Na-
tional Guard other than the personnel provided 
for by paragraphs (1) and (2). 
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(B) ASSISTANT
ADJUTANT
GENERAL.— 
Each Space National Guard unit shall be orga-
nized under the Assistant Adjutant General for 
the Air Force in the State in which the unit is 
located on the day before the enactment of this 
Act. 
(C) EFFECT ON STATES.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (1) and (2), no State shall 
receive any additional personnel, to include any 
general officer or staff, to assist with the ad-
ministration and operation of the Space Na-
tional Guard 
SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON MILITARY FACILITIES, INFRASTRUC-
TURE, AND INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Space National Guard shall 
make use of the facilities, infrastructure, and installations 
being for space operations by the Air National Guard on 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.—Except 
as provided by subsection (a), no additional facility, infra-
structure, or installation shall be constructed or modified 
to accommodate the Space National Guard. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as specifically provided 
by this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief 
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