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- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-Colorado-2]
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-North Carolina-3]
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-North Carolina-1]
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-New Hampshire-2]
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-North Carolina-14]
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-North Carolina-9]
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-Florida-5]
- Rep. Crow, Jason [D-Colorado-6]
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-Louisiana-6]
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-Utah-1]
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-Hawaii-1]
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-Minnesota-5]
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-Minnesota-2]
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-Louisiana-2]
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-Arizona-8]
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-Minnesota-8]
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-South Carolina-2]
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-New York-22]
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-Iowa-4]
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-New Hampshire-1]
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This bill would change how the National Guard Bureau handles money it gets back from states and other U.S. territories when military property is used. Instead of those reimbursement payments sitting separately, the money would be put back into the same government account that originally paid for the equipment or into another account that is still available for the same purpose. The bill also limits how that money can be used, saying it must go toward repairing, maintaining, replacing, or similar work for National Guard assets used while the Guard is serving under state active duty.
- It applies to reimbursements from states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
- The money must be credited back to the original appropriation, fund, or account, or to another account that can still support the same kind of spending.
- The Department of Defense could use these reimbursed funds only for direct support of National Guard equipment and other assets used during state active duty.
Official Summaries
Guarding Readiness Resources Act
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.
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. Further, the funds may only be used by the Department of Defense for the repair, maintenance, replacement, or other similar functions related directly to assets used by National Guard units while operating under state active duty status.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1695 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1695
To provide for the crediting of funds received by the National Guard
Bureau as reimbursement from States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Harrigan (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Davis of
North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To provide for the crediting of funds received by the National Guard
Bureau as reimbursement from States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guarding Readiness Resources Act''.
SEC. 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.--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--
``(1) shall be credited to--
``(A) the appropriation, fund, or account used in
incurring the obligation; or
``(B) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or
account currently available for the purposes for which
the expenditures were made; and
``(2) may only be used by the Department of Defense for the
repair, maintenance, replacement, or other similar functions
related directly to assets used by National Guard units while
operating under State active duty status.''.
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