I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5200 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense 
through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and 
the enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. GIB-
BONS, Mr. HAYES, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the 
national defense through empowerment of the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of 
the functions of the National Guard Bureau, 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 Defense En-
hancement and National Guard Empowerment Act of 
2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OF THE NA-
TIONAL GUARD BUREAU AND EXPANDED 
FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU. 
(a) EXPANDED AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
10501 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘joint bureau of the Department of the 
Army and the Department of the Air Force’’ and in-
serting ‘‘joint activity of the Department of De-
fense’’. 
(2) PURPOSE.—Subsection (b) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘between’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘between— 
‘‘(1)(A) the Secretary of Defense, the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and the commanders of the combat-
ant commands for the United States, and (B) the 
Department of the Army and the Department of the 
Air Force; and 
‘‘(2) the several States.’’. 
(b) ENHANCEMENTS OF POSITION OF CHIEF OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.— 
(1) ADVISORY FUNCTION ON NATIONAL GUARD 
MATTERS.—Subsection (c) of section 10502 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘to 
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the Secretary of Defense, to the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff,’’ after ‘‘principal advisor’’. 
(2) MEMBER OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.—(A) 
Such section is further amended— 
(i) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(ii) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
following new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) MEMBER OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.—The 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall perform the du-
ties prescribed for him or her as a member of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of this title.’’. 
(B) Section 151(a) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau.’’. 
(3) GRADE.—Subsection (e) of such section, as 
redesignated by paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this sub-
section, is further amended by striking ‘‘lieutenant 
general’’ and inserting ‘‘general’’. 
(4) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON VALI-
DATED
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 10504 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT
ON VALIDATED REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than December 31 each year, the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau shall submit to Congress 
a report on the following: 
‘‘(1) The requirements validated under section 
10503a(b)(1) of this title during the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph 
(1) for which funding is to be requested in the next 
budget for a fiscal year under section 10544 of this 
title. 
‘‘(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph 
(1) for which funding will not be requested in the 
next budget for a fiscal year under section 10544 of 
this title.’’. 
(c) ENHANCEMENT OF FUNCTIONS OF NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU.— 
(1) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
CHARTER.—Section 
10503 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Army and the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall jointly develop’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Army 
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