In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: OF CONFLICTS.

    To the extent permitted by law, disagreements or conflicts between 
or among agency heads or between OMB and any agency that cannot be 
resolved by the Administrator of OIRA shall be resolved by the 
President or a designee of the President.

SEC. 8. PUBLICATION.

    Except to the extent required by law, an agency shall not publish 
in the Federal Register or otherwise issue to the public any regulatory 
action that is subject to review under section 6 until--
            (1) the Administrator of OIRA notifies the agency that OIRA 
        has waived its review of the action or has completed its review 
        without any requests for further consideration, or
            (2) the applicable time period in section 6(b)(2) expires 
        without OIRA having notified the agency that it is returning 
        the regulatory action for further consideration under section 
        6(b)(3),
whichever occurs first. If the terms of the preceding sentence have not 
been satisfied and an agency wants to publish or otherwise issue a 
regulatory action, the head of that agency may request Presidential 
consideration through the Administrator of OIRA, as provided under 
section 8. Upon receipt of this request, the Administrator of OIRA 
shall notify the Advisers. The guidelines and time period set forth in 
section 8 shall apply to the publication of regulatory actions for 
which Presidential consideration has been sought.

SEC. 9. AGENCY AUTHORITY.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed as displacing the agencies' 
authority or responsibilities, as authorized by law.

SEC. 10. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect any otherwise available judicial 
review of agency action. This Act is intended only to improve the 
internal management of the Federal Government and does not create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
equity by a party against the United States, its agencies or 
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.

SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Advisers'' refers to such regulatory policy 
        advisers to the President as the President and the 
        Administrator of OIRA may from time to time consult, including, 
        among others--
                    (A) the Director of OMB;
                    (B) the Chair (or another member) of the Council of 
                Economic Advisers;
                    (C) the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy;
                    (D) the Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy;
                    (E) the Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs;
                    (F) the Assistant to the President for Science and 
                Technology;
                    (G) the Assistant to the President for 
                Intergovernmental Affairs;
                    (H) the Assistant to the President and Staff 
                Secretary;
                    (I) the Assistant to the President and Chief of 
                Staff to the Administrator of OIRA;
                    (J) the Assistant to the President and Counsel to 
                the President; and
                    (K) the Deputy Assistant to the President and 
                Director of the White House Office on Environmental 
                Policy.
            (2) Except as provided in section 4(f), the term ``agency'' 
        means any authority of the United States that is an ``agency'' 
        under section 3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, other 
        than those considered to be independent regulatory agencies, as 
        defined in section 3502(10) of title 44, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``Director'' means the Director of OMB.
            (4) The term ``regulation'' or ``rule'' means an agency 
        statement of general applicability and future effect, which the 
        agency intends to have the force and effect of law, that is 
        designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or 
        to describe the procedure or practice requirements of an 
        agency. It does not, however, include--
                    (A) regulations or rules issued in accordance with 
                the formal rulemaking provisions of sections 556 and 
                557 of title 5, United States Code;
                    (B) regulations or rules that pertain to a military 
                or foreign affairs function of the United States, other 
                than procurement regulations and regulations involving 
                the import or export of non-defense articles and 
                services;
                    (C) regulations or rules that are limited to agency 
                organization, management, or personnel matters; or
                    (D) any other category of regulations exempted by 
                the Administrator of OIRA.
            (5) The term ``regulatory action'' means any substantive 
        action by an agency (normally published in the Federal 
        Register) that promulgates or is expected to lead to the 
        promulgation of a final rule or regulation, including notices 
        of inquiry, advance notices of proposed rulemaking, and notices 
        of proposed rulemaking.
            (6) The term ``significant regulatory action'' means any 
        regulatory action that is likely to result in a rule that may--
                    (A) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 
                million or more or adversely affect in a material way 
                the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, 
                competition, jobs, the environment, public health or 
                safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or 
                communities;
                    (B) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise 
                interfere with an action taken or planned by another 
                agency;
                    (C) materially alter the budgetary impact of 
                entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or 
                the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or
                    (D) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out 
                of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the 
                principles set forth in this Act.
Example Output: Government Regulatory Improvement and Performance Act of 1998 - Declares that:  (1) Federal agencies should promulgate only such regulations as are required by law, necessary to interpret the law, or necessary to protect and promote or improve the health and safety of the public, the environment, or the well-being of the American people; and (2) in deciding whether and how to regulate, agencies should assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives, including the alternative of not regulating. 
Sets forth principles of regulation to ensure that the agencies' regulatory programs are consistent with such philosophy, including that each agency:  (1) identify the problem that it intends to address by regulation, assess its significance, and if possible conduct a risk analysis; (2) identify and assess available alternatives to direct regulation; (3) wherever feasible, seek views of appropriate State, local, and tribal officials before imposing requirements that might significantly or uniquely affect those governmental entities. 
(Sec. 3) Directs the Office of Management and Budget to carry out coordinated review of agency rulemaking.  Designates its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as the repository of expertise concerning regulatory issues. 
(Sec. 4) Directs the OIRA Administrator, early in each year's planning cycle, to convene a meeting of the regulatory policy advisers to the President and agency heads to seek a common understanding of priorities and to coordinate regulatory efforts for the upcoming year. 
Requires each agency to prepare:  (1) a unified regulatory agenda of all regulations under development or review; and (2) a regulatory plan of the most important significant regulatory actions that the agency reasonably expects to issue in that fiscal year or thereafter. 
Directs the Administrator to:  (1) convene and chair a regulatory working group, which shall meet at least quarterly, to assist agencies in identifying and analyzing important regulatory issues; (2) meet quarterly, along with agency heads, with representatives of State, local, and tribal governments to identify exiting and proposed regulations that may uniquely or significantly affect those governmental entities; and (3) convene periodic conferences with representatives of businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and the public to discuss regulatory issues. 
(Sec. 5) Requires that:  (1) each agency submit to OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations; and (2) any significant regulations selected for review be included in the agency's annual plan, and the agency identify any legislative mandates that require the agency to promulgate or continue to impose unnecessary or outdated regulations. 
(Sec. 5) Requires each agency to:  (1) submit to the OIRA a program under which the agency will periodically review its existing significant regulations for possible modification or elimination; (2) provide the public with meaningful participation in the regulatory process and a meaningful opportunity to comment on any proposed regulation, generally including a comment period of not less than 60 days; and (2) explore and, where appropriate, use consensual mechanisms for developing regulations, including negotiated rulemaking. 
Directs:  (1) each agency head to designate a Regulatory Policy Office; (2) each agency to develop its regulatory actions in a timely fashion and adhere to specified procedures; (3) each agency to provide the OIRA with a list of its planned regulatory actions, including significant regulatory actions; and (4)  the Administrator to provide meaningful guidance and oversight. 
(Sec. 8) Prohibits an agency from publishing a regulation until the Administrator has waived review of the action, completed such review, or the review period has passed, whichever occurs first.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``American Innovation $1 Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. AMERICAN INNOVATION $1 COIN PROGRAM.
    Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after subsection (v) the following new subsection:
    ``(w) Redesign and Issuance of $1 Coins Honoring Innovation and 
Innovators From Each State, the District of Columbia, and Each 
Territory.--
        ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2019.--
            ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) and 
        subsection (d)(2) and in accordance with the provisions of this 
        subsection, during the 14-year period beginning on January 1, 
        2019 (or such later date as provided under subparagraph 
        (B)(ii)), the Secretary of the Treasury shall mint and issue $1 
        coins to be known as `American Innovation $1 coins', that--
                ``(i) have designs on the obverse selected in 
            accordance with paragraph (2)(A); and
                ``(ii) have a design on the reverse selected in 
            accordance with paragraph (2)(B).
            ``(B) Continuity provisions.--
                ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
            the Secretary shall continue to mint and issue $1 coins 
            honoring Native Americans and their contributions in 
            accordance with subsection (r).
                ``(ii) First coin.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
            if the Secretary finds that it is feasible and cost-
            effective, the Secretary may mint and issue a $1 coin in 
            2018 to introduce the series of coins described in this 
            subsection, that--

                    ``(I) has the obverse described under paragraph 
                (2)(A);
                    ``(II) has a reverse that bears the inscription 
                `United States of America' and `American Innovators' 
                and a representation of the signature of President 
                George Washington on the first United States patent 
                issued;
                    ``(III) has the edge-incusing described under 
                paragraph (2)(C); and
                    ``(IV) the design for which has reviewed by the 
                Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

            ``(C) Definition of territory.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `territory' means the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
        Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
        ``(2) Design requirements.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1) 
    and subsection (d)(2), the $1 coins issued in accordance with 
    paragraph (1)(A) shall meet the following design requirements:
            ``(A) Coin obverse.--The common design on the obverse of 
        each coin issued under this subsection shall contain--
                ``(i) a likeness of the Statue of Liberty extending to 
            the rim of the coin and large enough to provide a dramatic 
            representation of Liberty;
                ``(ii) the inscription `$1'; and
                ``(iii) the inscription `In God We Trust'.
            ``(B) Coin reverse.--The design on the reverse of each coin 
        issued under this subsection shall bear the following:
                ``(i) An image or images emblematic of one of the 
            following from one of the 50 States, the District of 
            Columbia, or the territories of the United States:

                    ``(I) A significant innovation.
                    ``(II) An innovator.
                    ``(III) A group of innovators.

                ``(ii) The name of the State, the District of Columbia, 
            or territory, as applicable.
                ``(iii) The inscription `United States of America'.
            ``(C) Edge-incused inscriptions.--
                ``(i) In general.--The inscription of the year of 
            minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, and the 
            inscription `E Pluribus Unum' shall be edge-incused into 
            the coin.
                ``(ii) Preservation of distinctive edge.--The edge-
            incusing of the inscriptions under clause (i) on coins 
            issued under this subsection shall be done in a manner that 
            preserves the distinctive edge of the coin so that the 
            denomination of the coin is readily discernible, including 
            by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
        ``(3) Issuance of coins commemorating innovation or 
    innovators.--
            ``(A) Order of issuance.--
                ``(i) In general.--The coins issued under this 
            subsection commemorating either an innovation, an 
            individual innovator, or a group of innovators, from each 
            State, the District of Columbia, or a territory shall be 
            issued in the following order:

                    ``(I) State.--With respect to each State, the coins 
                shall be issued in the order in which the States 
                ratified the Constitution of the United States or were 
                admitted into the Union, as the case may be.
                    ``(II) District of columbia and territories.--After 
                all coins are issued under subclause (I), the coins 
                shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the 
                territories in the following order: the District of 
                Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
                American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
                the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

                ``(ii) Application in event of the admission of 
            additional states.--Notwithstanding clause (i), if any 
            additional State is admitted into the Union before the end 
            of the 14-year period referred to in paragraph (1), the 
            Secretary of the Treasury may issue a $1 coin with respect 
            to the additional State in accordance with clause (i)(I).
                ``(iii) Application in the event of independence or 
            adding of a territory.--Notwithstanding clause (i)--

                    ``(I) if any territory becomes independent or 
                otherwise ceases to be a territory of the United States 
                before $1 coins are minted pursuant to this subsection, 
                the subsection shall cease to apply with respect to 
                such territory; and
                    ``(II) if any new territory is added to the United 
                States, $1 coins shall be issued for such territories 
                in the order in which the new the territories are 
                added, beginning after the $1 coin is issued for the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

            ``(B) Issuance of coins commemorating four innovations or 
        innovators during each of 14 years.--
                ``(i) In general.--Four $1 coin designs as described in 
            this subsection shall be issued during each year of the 
            period referred to in paragraph (1) until 1 coin featuring 
            1 innovation, an individual innovator, or a group of 
            innovators, from each of the States, the District of 
            Columbia, and territories has been issued.
                ``(ii) Number of coins of each design.--The Secretary 
            shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the 
            Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of $1 
            coins that shall be issued with each of the designs 
            selected for each year of the period referred to in 
            paragraph (1).
        ``(4) Selection of concept and design.--
            ``(A) Concept.--With respect to each State, the District of 
        Columbia, and each territory to be honored with a coin under 
        this subsection, the selection of the significant innovation, 
        innovator, or group of innovators to be borne on the reverse of 
        such coin shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
        consultation with the Governor or other chief executive of the 
        State, the District of Columbia, or territory with respect to 
        which a coin is to be issued under this subsection.
            ``(B) Design.--Each of the designs required under this 
        subsection shall be selected by the Secretary after--
                ``(i) consultation with--

                    ``(I) the Governor or other chief executive of the 
                State, the District of Columbia, or territory with 
                respect to which a coin is to be issued under this 
                subsection; and
                    ``(II) the Commission of Fine Arts; and

                ``(ii) review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 
            Committee.
            ``(C) Selection and approval process.--Proposals for 
        designs for $1 coins under this subsection may be submitted in 
        accordance with the design selection and approval process 
        developed by the Secretary in the sole discretion of the 
        Secretary.
            ``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the Nation's 
        coinage and currency bear dignified designs of which the 
        citizens of the United States can be proud, the Secretary shall 
        not select any frivolous or inappropriate design for any $1 
        coin minted under this subsection.
            ``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--No head and 
        shoulders portrait or bust of any person and no portrait of a 
        living person may be included in the design of any coin issued 
        under this subsection.
        ``(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of sections 
    5134 and 5136, all $1 coins minted under this subsection shall be 
    considered to be numismatic items.
        ``(6) Issuance of numismatic coins.--The Secretary may mint and 
    issue such number of $1 coins of each design selected under this 
    subsection in uncirculated and proof qualities as the Secretary 
    determines to be appropriate.
        ``(7) Termination of program.--The issuance of coins under this 
    subsection shall terminate when one innovation, an individual 
    innovator, or a group of innovators, from each State, the District 
    of Columbia, and each territory has been honored and may not be 
    resumed except by an Act of Congress.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Example Output: American Innovation $1 Coin Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, over a 14-year period beginning in 2019, to mint and issue "American Innovation" $1 coins commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia.  Such coins shall be issued in the order in which the states ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. After all such coins are issued, coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories.  Treasury shall issue four coins per year until a coin has been issued for each jurisdiction.  Neither the bust of any person nor the portrait of any living person may be included in the design of the coins. The bill instructs Interior to continue to mint and issue $1 coins honoring Native Americans and their contributions. 

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Defense Enhancement and 
National Guard Empowerment Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AND 
              EXPANDED FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

    (a) Expanded Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 10501 of title 
        10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``joint bureau 
        of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air 
        Force'' and inserting ``joint activity of the Department of 
        Defense''.
            (2) Purpose.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
        striking ``between'' and all that follows and inserting 
        ``between--
            ``(1)(A) the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of 
        Staff, and the commanders of the combatant commands for the 
        United States, and (B) the Department of the Army and the 
        Department of the Air Force; and
            ``(2) the several States.''.
    (b) Enhancements of Position of Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau.--
            (1) Advisory function on national guard matters.--
        Subsection (c) of section 10502 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``to the Secretary of Defense, to 
        the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,'' after ``principal 
        advisor''.
            (2) Member of joint chiefs of staff.--(A) Such section is 
        further amended--
                    (i) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (e); and
                    (ii) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following new subsection (d):
    ``(d) Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff.--The Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau shall perform the duties prescribed for him or her as a 
member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of this title.''.
            (B) Section 151(a) of such title is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau.''.
            (3) Grade.--Subsection (e) of such section, as redesignated 
        by paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this subsection, is further amended 
        by striking ``lieutenant general'' and inserting ``general''.
            (4) Annual report to congress on validated requirements.--
        Section 10504 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(c) Annual Report on Validated Requirements.--Not later than 
December 31 each year, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
submit to Congress a report on the following:
            ``(1) The requirements validated under section 10503a(b)(1) 
        of this title during the preceding fiscal year.
            ``(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) for 
        which funding is to be requested in the next budget for a 
        fiscal year under section 10544 of this title.
            ``(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) for 
        which funding will not be requested in the next budget for a 
        fiscal year under section 10544 of this title.''.
    (c) Enhancement of Functions of National Guard Bureau.--
            (1) Development of charter.--Section 10503 of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary 
                of the Air Force shall jointly develop'' and inserting 
                ``The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
                Force, shall develop''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by striking ``the 
                Secretaries'' and inserting ``the Secretary of 
                Defense''.
            (2) Additional general functions.--Such section is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (12), as amended by 
                paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, as paragraph (13); 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following 
                new paragraph (12):
            ``(12) Facilitating and coordinating with other Federal 
        agencies, and with the several States, the use of National 
        Guard personnel and resources for and in contingency 
        operations, military operations other than war, natural 
        disasters, support of civil authorities, and other 
        circumstances.''.
            (3) Military assistance for civil authorities.--Chapter 
        1011 of such title is further amended by inserting after 
        section 10503 the following new section:
``Sec. 10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military assistance 
              to civil authorities
    ``(a) Identification of Additional Necessary Assistance.--The Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau shall--
            ``(1) identify gaps between Federal and State capabilities 
        to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and
            ``(2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on 
        programs and activities of the National Guard for military 
        assistance to civil authorities to address such gaps.
    ``(b) Scope of Responsibilities.--In meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall, in 
coordination with the Adjutant Generals of the States, have 
responsibilities as follows:
            ``(1) To validate the requirements of the several States 
        and Territories with respect to military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(2) To develop doctrine and training requirements 
        relating to the provision of military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(3) To acquire equipment, materiel, and other supplies 
        and services for the provision of military assistance to civil 
        authorities.
            ``(4) To assist the Secretary of Defense in preparing the 
        budget required under section 10544 of this title.
            ``(5) To administer amounts provided the National Guard for 
        the provision of military assistance to civil authorities.
            ``(6) To carry out any other responsibility relating to the 
        provision of military assistance to civil authorities as the 
        Secretary of Defense shall specify.
    ``(c) Assistance.--The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
assist the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in carrying out 
activities under this section.
    ``(d) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
carry out activities under this section in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force.''.
            (4) Budgeting for training and equipment for military 
        assistance to civil authorities and other domestic missions.--
        Chapter 1013 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 10544. National Guard training and equipment: budget for 
              military assistance to civil authorities and for other 
              domestic operations
    ``(a) In General.--The budget justification documents materials 
submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the President for a 
fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under 
section 1105(a) of title 31) shall specify separate amounts for 
training and equipment for the National Guard for purposes of military 
assistance to civil authorities and for other domestic operations 
during such fiscal year.
    ``(b) Scope of Funding.--The amounts specified under subsection (a) 
for a fiscal year shall be sufficient for purposes as follows:
            ``(1) The development and implementation of doctrine and 
        training requirements applicable to the assistance and 
        operations described in subsection (a) for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) The acquisition of equipment, materiel, and other 
        supplies and services necessary for the provision of such 
        assistance and such operations in such fiscal year.''.
            (5) Limitation on increase in personnel of national guard 
        bureau.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent 
        practicable, ensure that no additional personnel are assigned 
        to the National Guard Bureau in order to address administrative 
        or other requirements arising out of the amendments made by 
        this subsection.
    (d) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Conforming amendment.--The heading of section 10503 of 
        such title is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter''.
            (2) Clerical amendments.--(A) The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by striking 
        the item relating to section 10503 and inserting the following 
        new items:

``10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter.
``10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military assistance to 
                            civil authorities.''.
            (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1013 
        of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        item:

``10544. National Guard training and equipment: budget for military 
                            assistance to civil authorities and for 
                            other domestic operations.''.
    (e) Termination of Position of Assistant to Chairman of Joint 
Chiefs of Staff for National Guard Matters.--Section 901 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
105-85; 111 Stat. 1853; 10 U.S.C. 155 note) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 901. ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF FOR 
              RESERVE MATTERS.

    ``(a) In General.--There is within the Joint Staff the position of 
Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve 
Matters.
    ``(b) Selection.--The Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff for Reserve Matters shall be selected by the Chairman from 
officers of the Army Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps 
Reserve, or the Air Force Reserve who--
            ``(1) are recommended for such selection by the Secretary 
        of the military department concerned;
            ``(2) have had at least 10 years of commissioned service in 
        their reserve component; and
            ``(3) are in a grade above colonel or, in the case the Navy 
        Reserve, captain.
    ``(c) Term of Office.--The Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters serves at the pleasure of the 
Chairman for a term of two years and may be continued in that 
assignment in the same manner, for one additional term. However, in a 
time of war there is no limit on the number of terms.
    ``(d) Grade.--The Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff for Reserve Matters while so serving, holds the grade of major 
general or, in the case of the Navy Reserve, rear admiral. The officer 
serving in the position shall be considered to be serving in a position 
external to that officer's Armed Force for purposes of section 721 of 
title 10, United States Code.
    ``(e) Duties.--The Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff for Reserve Matters is an advisor to the Chairman on matters 
relating to the reserves and performs the duties prescribed for the 
position by the Chairman.
    ``(f) Other Reserve Component Representation on Joint Staff.--The 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, shall develop appropriate policy guidance to ensure 
that, to the maximum extent practicable, the level of reserve component 
officer representation within the Joint Staff is commensurate with the 
significant role of the reserve components within the Total Force.''.

SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF ELIGIBLE RESERVE OFFICERS TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL 
              AND VICE ADMIRAL GRADES ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, whenever 
officers are considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant 
general, or vice admiral in the case of the Navy, on the active duty 
list, officers of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are 
eligible for promotion to such grade should be considered for promotion 
to such grade.
    (b) Proposal.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
proposal for mechanisms to achieve the objective specified in 
subsection (a). The proposal shall include such recommendations for 
legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers 
appropriate in order to achieve that objective.
    (c) Notice Accompanying Nominations.--The President shall include 
with each nomination of an officer to the grade of lieutenant general, 
or vice admiral in the case of the Navy, on the active-duty list that 
is submitted to the Senate for consideration a certification that all 
reserve officers who were eligible for consideration for promotion to 
such grade were considered in the making of such nomination.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT THAT POSITION OF DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE UNITED 
              STATES NORTHERN COMMAND BE FILLED BY A QUALIFIED NATIONAL 
              GUARD OFFICER.

    (a) In General.--The position of Deputy Commander of the United 
States Northern Command shall be filled by a qualified officer of the 
National Guard who is eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant 
general.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the requirement in subsection (a) is 
to ensure that information received from the National Guard Bureau 
regarding the operation of the National Guard of the several States is 
integrated into the plans and operations of the United States Northern 
Command.
Example Output:
National Defense Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act of 2006 - Expands the: (1) authority of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Bureau) to include membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (and raises the grade of the Chief from lieutenant general to general); and (2) functions of the Bureau to include facilitating and coordinating, with other federal agencies and the states, the use of Guard personnel and resources for, and in, contingency operations, military operations other than war, natural disasters, and support of civil authorities.

Directs the Chief to: (1) identify gaps between federal and state capabilities to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on Guard programs and activities to address such gaps.

Requires annual Department of Defense (DOD) budget justification documents to include separate amounts for Guard training and equipment for military assistance to civil authorities and other domestic operations.

Establishes within the JCS an Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters.

Expresses the sense of Congress calling for consideration of eligible reserve officers for promotion to the grades of lieutenant general or vice admiral on the active duty list.

Requires the position of Deputy Commander of the U.S. Northern Command to be filled by a qualified Guard officer eligible for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.