Title: A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the federal government to pay states for 100% of the cost of National Guard duty for a mission assignment validated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to certain declarations related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill applies to declarations, with respect to COVID-19, of major disasters, emergencies, national emergencies, and public health emergencies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4544 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4544

   To specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the 
    National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2020

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Duckworth) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the 
    National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS OF CERTAIN DUTY OF MEMBERS OF THE 
              NATIONAL GUARD IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 
              2019.

    (a) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the costs of duty 
performed by members of the National Guard under section 502(f) of 
title 32, United States Code, for a mission assignment validated by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pursuant to a declaration 
specified in subsection (b) shall be 100 percent.
    (b) Declarations.--A declaration specified in this subsection is 
any declaration as follows:
            (1) A major disaster declared by the President under 
        section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) with respect to the 
        Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
            (2) An emergency declared by the President under section 
        501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) with respect to the Coronavirus 
        Disease 2019.
            (3) A national emergency declared by the President under 
        the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
        respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
            (4) A public health emergency declared under section 319 of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to 
        the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
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