I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2564 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on 
the personnel, training, and equipment needs of the non-federalized Na-
tional Guard. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2017 
Mr. LOBIONDO (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
BYRNE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
BANKS of Indiana, and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual 
report on the personnel, training, and equipment needs 
of the non-federalized National Guard. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL, TRAINING, 
AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS OF THE NON-FED-
ERALIZED NATIONAL GUARD. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Section 10504 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the heading of subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘REPORT.—’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT ON STATE OF 
THE NATIONAL GUARD.—(1)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘annual report of the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘annual 
report required by paragraph (1)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON NON-FEDERALIZED NA-
TIONAL GUARD.—(1) Not later than January 31 of each 
of calendar years 2018 through 2024, the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau shall submit to the recipients de-
scribed in paragraph (3) a report that identifies the per-
sonnel, training, and equipment required by the non-fed-
eralized National Guard— 
‘‘(A) to support civilian authorities in connec-
tion with natural and man-made disasters during the 
covered period; and 
‘‘(B) to carry out prevention, protection, miti-
gation, response, and recovery activities relating to 
such disasters during the covered period. 
‘‘(2) In preparing each report under paragraph (1), 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall— 
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‘‘(A) consult with the chief executive of each 
State, the Council of Governors, and other appro-
priate civilian authorities; 
‘‘(B) collect and validate information from each 
State relating to the personnel, training, and equip-
ment requirements described in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(C) set forth separately the personnel, train-
ing, and equipment requirements for— 
‘‘(i) each of the emergency support func-
tions of the National Response Framework; and 
‘‘(ii) each of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency regions; 
‘‘(D) assess core civilian capability gaps relating 
to natural and man-made disasters, as identified by 
States in submissions to the Department of Home-
land Security; and 
‘‘(E) take into account threat and hazard iden-
tifications and risk assessments of the Department 
of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, 
and the States. 
‘‘(3) The recipients described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(A) the congressional defense committees; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(C) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
‘‘(D) the Council of Governors; 
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‘‘(E) the Secretary of the Army; 
‘‘(F) the Secretary of the Air Force; 
‘‘(G) the Commander of the United States 
Northern Command; 
‘‘(H) the Commander of the United States Pa-
cific Command; and 
‘‘(I) the Commander of the United States Cyber 
Command. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘covered period’ 
means the fiscal year beginning after the date on which 
each report is submitted under paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10504. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual re-
ports’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1011 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 10504 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘10504. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual reports.’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM REPORT ELIMINATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 1080 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114– 
92; 129 Stat. 1000; 10 U.S.C. 111 note), as amended by 
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section 1061(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), does not 
apply to the report required to be submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees under section 10504(b) of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by this section. 
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