I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7215 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for congressional notice 
and termination requirements for use of authority under the Insurrection 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2020 
Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. DEAN, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. HIMES, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, and Ms. JACKSON 
LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for con-
gressional notice and termination requirements for use 
of authority under the Insurrection Act, 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 ‘‘Civil Deployment Noti-
fication Act of 2020.’’ 
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SEC. 
2. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION 
AND 
TERMI-
NATION REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AU-
THORITY UNDER INSURRECTION ACT. 
(a) FEDERAL AID FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS.—Sec-
tion 251 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 256 of this title 
and subsection (b), whenever’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 
may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 
submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 
of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 
justification of the President for exercising such authority. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.—In 
this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 
of— 
‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
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‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con-
gressional leadership as may be included by the 
President.’’. 
(b) USE OF MILITIA AND ARMED FORCES TO EN-
FORCE FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 252 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 256 of this title 
and subsection (b), whenever’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 
may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 
submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 
of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 
justification of the President for exercising such authority. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.—In 
this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 
means— 
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‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 
of— 
‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con-
gressional leadership as may be included by the 
President.’’. 
(c) USE OF MILITIA AND ARMED FORCES TO EN-
FORCE FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 253 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to section 256 of 
this title and subsection (b), the President’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
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(3) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ before ‘‘In any situa-
tion’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘clause (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The President 
may only exercise the authority under subsection (a) after 
submitting to the appropriate members of Congress notice 
of the intent to exercise such authority together with the 
justification of the President for exercising such authority. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.—In 
this section, the term ‘appropriate members of Congress’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) the chair and ranking minority member 
of— 
‘‘(A) the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(D) the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and House of Representatives; 
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‘‘(2) the Speaker and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives; 
‘‘(3) the majority and minority leaders of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(4) such other member or members of the con-
gressional leadership as may be included by the 
President.’’. 
(d) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 256. Termination of authority 
‘‘Authority exercised under section 251, 252, or 253 
of this title shall terminate on the date that is 14 days 
after the first day on which such authority is exercised 
unless such authority is specifically extended pursuant to 
the enactment of a law or joint resolution.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 255 
the following new item: 
‘‘256. Termination of authority.’’. 
Æ 
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