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22 Sixty-ninth
33 Legislative Assembly
44 of North Dakota
55 Introduced by
66 Representatives Heilman, D. Johnston, Hendrix, Morton, Nehring, Marschall, Toman,
77 Hoverson, Kasper, VanWinkle
88 Senators Magrum, Clemens
99 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-01 of the North Dakota
1010 Century Code; relating to the deployment of the North Dakota national guard; and to declare an
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1212 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
1313 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 37-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
1414 and enacted as follows:
1515 National guard - Active duty combat prohibited - Exception.
1616 1.As used in this section:
1717 a."Active duty combat" means performing the following services in the active
1818 federal military service of the United States:
1919 (1)Participating in an armed conflict;
2020 (2)Performing a hazardous service relating to an armed conflict in a foreign
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2222 (3)Performing a duty through an instrumentality of war.
2323 b."Official declaration of war" means an official declaration of war made by the
2424 Congress of the United States pursuant to clause 11 of section 8 of article I of the
2525 Constitution of the United States.
2626 2.The North Dakota national guard may not be released from the state into active duty
2727 combat unless the Congress of the United States has passed an official declaration of
2828 war or has taken an official action pursuant to clause 15 of section 8 of article I of the
2929 Constitution of the United States to explicitly call forth the North Dakota national guard
3030 and any members for the enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the
3131 union, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection.
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5959 3.The governor shall take all actions necessary to comply with this section. This section
6060 does not limit the governor from consenting to the deployment of the North Dakota
6161 national guard under title 32 of the United States Code, for defense support for civil
6262 authority missions within the United States and United States territories.
6363 SECTION 2. EMERGENCY. This Act is declared to be an emergency measure.
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