| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to military affairs; establishing the Defend the Guard Act; proposing coding |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. [192.054] DEFEND THE GUARD; ACTIVE DUTY COMBAT. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 (a) For purposes of this section: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (1) "active duty combat" means performing the following services in the active federal |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8military service of the United States: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (i) participation in an armed conflict; |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (ii) performance of a hazardous service relating to an armed conflict in a foreign state; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11or |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (iii) performance of a duty through an instrumentality of war; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) "official declaration of war" means an official declaration of war made by the United |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14States Congress pursuant to the United States Constitution, Article I, section 8, clause (11). |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) Notwithstanding section 192.05, the Minnesota National Guard, and any member of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16the Minnesota National Guard, must not be released from the state into active duty combat |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17unless the United States Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18official action pursuant to the United States Constitution, Article I, section 8, clause (15), |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19to explicitly call forth the Minnesota National Guard, and any member of the Minnesota |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20National Guard, to expressly execute the laws of the union, repel an invasion, or suppress |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02256 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR BD/LJ |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 764NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: WESENBERG, Bahr, Lieske, Fateh and Hoffman) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading01/30/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development 2.1an insurrection. The governor must take all actions necessary to comply with the requirements |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2of this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3 (c) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits the governor from consenting to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4deployment of any Minnesota National Guard member under United States Code, title 32, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.5to provide defense support for civil authority missions in the United States and United States |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.6territories. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 25-02256 as introduced01/16/25 REVISOR BD/LJ |
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