Title: Guard the Border Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Guard the Border Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to reassign 95% of National Guard members deployed to the National Capital Region on or after January 6, 2021, in response to the attacks on the U.S. Capitol building and grounds. Specifically, DOD must reassign such members to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection in (1) securing the southern land border of the country, and (2) management and care for migrants at the border.
DOD must report on the results of a study assessing the effects of such reassignment.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1935 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1935

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to reassign 95 percent of the 
 members of the National Guard deployed to the National Capital Region 
    to the southern land border of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

Mr. Murphy of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Biggs) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense to reassign 95 percent of the 
 members of the National Guard deployed to the National Capital Region 
    to the southern land border of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guard the Border Act''.

SEC. 2. REASSIGNMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED TO THE 
              NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 14 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall reassign 95 
percent of covered members to support U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection in--
            (1) securing the southern land border of the United States; 
        and
            (2) management and care for migrants at such border.
    (b) Study; Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report containing the results of a study assessing the 
effects of the reassignment under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered duty'' means duty performed--
                    (A) in the National Capital Region; and
                    (B) in support of the mission in response to the 
                attacks on January 6, 2021, on the Capitol Buildings 
                and the United States Capitol Grounds (described in 
                sections 5101 and 5102 of title 40, United States 
                Code).
            (2) The term ``covered member'' means a member of the 
        National Guard deployed to the National Capital Region--
                    (A) on or after January 6, 2021; and
                    (B) to perform covered duty.
            (3) The term ``National Capital Region'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 2674 of title 10, United States 
        Code.
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