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

Bill: 116-s-4544
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2020-09-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Military civil functions

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4544 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 A BILL To specify the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

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.