SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORI-
TIES TO MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA. 
(a) MAYOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.—Section 6 of 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the organization 
of the militia of the District of Columbia, and for other 
purposes’’, approved March 1, 1889 (sec. 49–409, D.C. 
Official Code), is amended by striking ‘‘President of the 
United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of 
Columbia’’. 
(b) RESERVE CORPS.—Section 72 of such Act (sec. 
49–407, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
‘‘President of the United States’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(c) APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.— 
(1) Section 7(a) of such Act (sec. 49–301(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘President of the United 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘President.’’ and inserting 
‘‘Mayor.’’. 
(2) Section 9 of such Act (sec. 49–304, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’ and inserting 
‘‘Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
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(3) Section 13 of such Act (sec. 49–305, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘President of the United 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia’’. 
(4) Section 19 of such Act (sec. 49–311, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to the Sec-
retary of the Army’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘which board’’ and inserting ‘‘to a board of exam-
ination appointed by the Commanding General, 
which’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary of the Army’’ and all that follows through the 
period and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia, together with any recommendations of the 
Commanding General.’’. 
(5) Section 20 of such Act (sec. 49–312, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘President of the United 
States’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Mayor 
of the District of Columbia’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the President may retire’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Mayor may retire’’. 
(d) CALL FOR DUTY.—(1) Section 45 of such Act 
(sec. 49–103, D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
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‘‘, or for the United States Marshal’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘shall thereupon order’’ and inserting ‘‘to order’’. 
(2) Section 46 of such Act (sec. 49–104, D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘the President’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(e) GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL.—Section 51 of such 
Act (sec. 49–503, D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the President of the United States’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY PERFORM PRE-
SCRIBED TRAINING.—Section 10148(b) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘the commanding general of the Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU.—Section 10502(a)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘the commanding general of the District of 
Columbia National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia’’. 
(c) VICE CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.— 
Section 10505(a)(1)(A) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the commanding general of the District of Columbia 
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National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia’’. 
(d) OTHER SENIOR NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU OF-
FICERS.—Section 10506(a)(1) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘the commanding general of the District of Co-
lumbia National Guard’’ both places it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Columbia’’. 
(e) CONSENT FOR ACTIVE DUTY OR RELOCATION.— 
(1) Section 12301 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘commanding 
general of the District of Columbia National Guard’’ 
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Mayor of the 
District of Columbia’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘governor or 
other appropriate authority of the State concerned’’ 
and inserting ‘‘governor of the State (or, in the case 
of the District of Columbia National Guard, the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia)’’. 
(2) Section 12406 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘the commanding general of the National Guard of the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia’’. 
(f) CONSENT FOR RELOCATION OF UNITS.—Section 
18238 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the com-
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manding general of the National Guard of the District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 32, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) MAINTENANCE
OF OTHER TROOPS.—Section 
109(c) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘(or commanding general in the case of the Dis-
trict of Columbia)’’. 
(b) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES.—Section 112(h)(2) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Commanding General of the National Guard 
of the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 113 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) INCLUSION
OF DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.—In 
this section, the term ‘State’ includes the District of Co-
lumbia.’’. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.—Sec-
tion 314 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and 
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