A bill to exempt National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty end strength limits and to clarify the congressional committees to which the Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report on security cooperation activities.

Bill: 118-s-4617
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-06-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4617 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 20, 2024 Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To exempt National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty end strength limits and to clarify the congressional committees to which the Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report on security cooperation activities.

1. Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-Duty end strength limits and modification of annual reporting requirement regarding security cooperation activities (a) Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-Duty end strength limits Section 115(i) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (14) Members of the National Guard on active duty or full-time National Guard duty serving as Bilateral Affairs Officers as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program. . (b) Modification of annual reporting requirement regarding security cooperation activities Section 386(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking appropriate congressional committees and inserting congressional defense committees .