I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4149
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a charter for the National
Guard Bureau, otherwise to improve the administration of the National
Guard, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1994
Mr. MONTGOMERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a charter
for the National Guard Bureau, otherwise to improve
the administration of the National Guard, and for other
purposes.
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 ‘‘National Guard
Bureau Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. REVISION OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU CHARTER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subtitle A of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 11 the
following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 12—NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU
‘‘291. National Guard Bureau.
‘‘292. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appointment; adviser on National
Guard matters; grade.
‘‘293. Chief, National Guard Bureau: functions.
‘‘294. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual report.
‘‘295. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
‘‘296. Other senior National Guard Bureau officers.
‘‘297. Assignment of officers: joint duty assignment.
‘‘298. Definition.
‘‘§ 291. National Guard Bureau
‘‘(a) NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.—There is in the
Department of Defense the National Guard Bureau, which
is a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the
Department of the Air Force.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The National Guard Bureau is the
supervisory and operating agency within the Department
of Defense for the Army National Guard of the United
States and the Air National Guard of the United States.
The Bureau is also the channel of communications on all
matters pertaining to the National Guard, the Army Na-
tional Guard of the United States, and the Air National
Guard of the United States between (1) the Department
of the Army, Department of the Air Force, and other com-
ponents of the Department of Defense, and (2) the several
States.
‘‘§ 292. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appoint-
ment; adviser on National Guard matters;
grade
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—There is a Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau, who is responsible for the organiza-
tion and operations of the National Guard Bureau. The
Chief of the National Guard Bureau is appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. Such appointment shall be made from officers of the
Army National Guard of the United States or the Air Na-
tional Guard of the United States who—
‘‘(1) are recommended for such appointment by
their respective Governors or, in the case of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the commanding general of the
District of Columbia National Guard;
‘‘(2) have had at least 10 years of federally rec-
ognized commissioned service in an active status in
the National Guard; and
‘‘(3) are in a grade above the grade of brigadier
general.
‘‘(b) TERM OF OFFICE.—An officer appointed as
Chief of the National Guard Bureau serves at the pleasure
of the President for a term of four years. An officer may
not hold that office after becoming 64 years of age. An
officer may be reappointed as Chief of the National Guard
Bureau.