National Guard Emergency Response Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3162
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-11-03
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>National Guard Emergency Response Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill allows the relevant adjutant general to authorize a member of the National Guard who is performing active Guard and Reserve duty to perform additional duties in response to a state-declared emergency or disaster, provided that the adjutant general determines the member performing such duties will derive a benefit that satisfies or complements training requirements for the wartime mission or other training objectives of the member's unit.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3162 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 3, 2021 Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To clarify the authority of States to use National Guard members performing Active Guard and Reserve duty during State-directed responses to domestic incidents.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Guard Emergency Response Act of 2021 . 2. Authority of States to use National Guard members performing Active Guard and Reserve duty during State-directed responses to domestic incidents Section 328(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before A member ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Under regulations prescribed by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, the adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned may authorize a member of the National Guard performing duty under subsection (a) to perform additional duties in response to a State-declared emergency or disaster provided that the adjutant general determines that members performing such additional duties will derive a benefit that satisfies or complements training requirements for the wartime mission or other training objectives of the members’ unit. .