Guarding Readiness Resources Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3627
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Intergovernmental relations

Military facilities and property

National Guard and reserves

State and local finance

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Guarding Readiness Resources Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the treatment of funds received by the National Guard Bureau as a reimbursement from a state or other U.S. territory (e.g., Guam) for the use of military property.</p> <p>Specifically, the funds must be credited to (1) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation; or (2) an appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the purposes of which the expenditures were made. Such funds must be treated as a reprogramming request and may only be obligated or disbursed after the National Guard Bureau submits a written request and receives authorization from Congress. </p> <p>The National Guard Bureau must annually submit an account of the use of funds disaggregated by appropriation and subactivity group.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3627 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 28, 2021 Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Moore of Utah , Mrs. Bustos , and Mr. Case ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the crediting of funds received by the National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guarding Readiness Resources Act of 2021 . 2. Treatment of funds received by National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States Section 710 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (g) Treatment of reimbursed funds (1) Any funds received by the National Guard Bureau from a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, as reimbursement under this section for the use of military property, shall be— (A) credited to— (i) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation; or (ii) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the purposes for which the expenditures were made; and (B) treated as a reprogramming request, pursuant to which such funds may not be obligated or disbursed until after the Chief of the National Guard Bureau— (i) submits a written request (including a budget for the use of such funds, disaggregated by appropriation and subactivity group) to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives for authorization; and (ii) receives such authorization. (2) Not later than October 31 of each year, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall submit to the Subcommittees on Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual accounting of the use of the funds described in paragraph (1), disaggregated by appropriation and subactivity group, during the immediately preceding fiscal year. .