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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2042 |
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5 | 5 | | To establish the Space National Guard. |
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6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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7 | 7 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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8 | 8 | | Mr. C |
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9 | 9 | | ROW(for himself and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the following bill; which |
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10 | 10 | | was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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12 | 12 | | To establish the Space National Guard. |
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13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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16 | 16 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space National Guard 4 |
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17 | 17 | | Establishment Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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18 | 18 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 6 |
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19 | 19 | | (a) E |
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20 | 20 | | STABLISHMENT.— 7 |
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21 | 21 | | (1) I |
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22 | 22 | | N GENERAL.—There is established a Space 8 |
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23 | 23 | | National Guard that is part of the organized militia 9 |
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24 | 24 | | of the States specified in paragraph (3), active and 10 |
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25 | 25 | | inactive, that— 11 |
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26 | 26 | | (A) is a space force; 12 |
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30 | 30 | | (B) is trained, and has its officers ap-1 |
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31 | 31 | | pointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 2 |
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32 | 32 | | article I of the Constitution; 3 |
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33 | 33 | | (C) is organized, armed, and equipped 4 |
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34 | 34 | | wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 5 |
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35 | 35 | | (D) is federally recognized. 6 |
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36 | 36 | | (2) R |
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37 | 37 | | ESERVE COMPONENT .—The Space Na-7 |
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38 | 38 | | tional Guard shall be the reserve component of the 8 |
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39 | 39 | | Space Force all of whose members are members of 9 |
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40 | 40 | | the Space National Guard. 10 |
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41 | 41 | | (3) S |
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42 | 42 | | TATES SPECIFIED.—The States specified 11 |
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43 | 43 | | in this paragraph are: 12 |
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44 | 44 | | (A) Alaska. 13 |
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45 | 45 | | (B) California. 14 |
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46 | 46 | | (C) Colorado. 15 |
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47 | 47 | | (D) Florida. 16 |
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48 | 48 | | (E) Hawaii. 17 |
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49 | 49 | | (F) New York. 18 |
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50 | 50 | | (G) Ohio. 19 |
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51 | 51 | | (b) C |
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52 | 52 | | OMPOSITION.— 20 |
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53 | 53 | | (1) D |
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54 | 54 | | IRECTOR OF THE SPACE NATIONAL 21 |
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55 | 55 | | GUARD.— 22 |
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56 | 56 | | (A) I |
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57 | 57 | | N GENERAL.—The Director of Space 23 |
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58 | 58 | | Operations for the National Guard Bureau shall 24 |
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59 | 59 | | be transferred to the Space National Guard and 25 |
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63 | 63 | | be known as the Director of the Space National 1 |
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64 | 64 | | Guard. 2 |
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65 | 65 | | (B) R |
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66 | 66 | | ANK.—The Director of the Space 3 |
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67 | 67 | | National Guard shall carry the rank of Briga-4 |
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68 | 68 | | dier General and shall report to the Director of 5 |
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69 | 69 | | the Air National Guard. 6 |
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70 | 70 | | (2) T |
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71 | 71 | | RANSFER OF SPACE OPERATIONS .— 7 |
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72 | 72 | | (A) I |
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73 | 73 | | N GENERAL.—The staff assigned to 8 |
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74 | 74 | | space operations in the National Guard Bureau, 9 |
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75 | 75 | | and the units specified in subparagraph (B), 10 |
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76 | 76 | | shall be transferred to the Space National 11 |
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77 | 77 | | Guard. 12 |
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78 | 78 | | (B) U |
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79 | 79 | | NITS SPECIFIED.—The units speci-13 |
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80 | 80 | | fied in this subparagraph are the following: 14 |
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81 | 81 | | (i) 213th Space Warning Squadron, 15 |
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82 | 82 | | Alaska Air National Guard. 16 |
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83 | 83 | | (ii) 148th Space Operations Squad-17 |
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84 | 84 | | ron, California Air National Guard. 18 |
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85 | 85 | | (iii) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare 19 |
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86 | 86 | | Squadron, California Air National Guard. 20 |
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87 | 87 | | (iv) 234th Intelligence Squadron, 21 |
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88 | 88 | | California Air National Guard. 22 |
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89 | 89 | | (v) 137th Space Warning Squadron, 23 |
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90 | 90 | | Colorado Air National Guard. 24 |
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94 | 94 | | (vi) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare 1 |
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95 | 95 | | Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 2 |
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96 | 96 | | (vii) 233d Space Group, Colorado Air 3 |
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97 | 97 | | National Guard. 4 |
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98 | 98 | | (viii) 233d Space Communications 5 |
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99 | 99 | | Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 6 |
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100 | 100 | | (ix) 233d Space Group, Det-1 (Com-7 |
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101 | 101 | | bat Training Detachment) Colorado Air 8 |
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102 | 102 | | National Guard. 9 |
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103 | 103 | | (x) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare 10 |
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104 | 104 | | Squadron, Florida Air National Guard. 11 |
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105 | 105 | | (xi) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare 12 |
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106 | 106 | | Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 13 |
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107 | 107 | | (xii) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare 14 |
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108 | 108 | | Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 15 |
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109 | 109 | | (xiii) 126th Intelligence Squadron, 16 |
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110 | 110 | | Ohio Air National Guard. 17 |
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111 | 111 | | (xiv) 222nd Command and Control 18 |
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112 | 112 | | Squadron, New York Air National Guard. 19 |
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113 | 113 | | (3) P |
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114 | 114 | | ROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL PER -20 |
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115 | 115 | | SONNEL.— 21 |
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116 | 116 | | (A) I |
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117 | 117 | | N GENERAL.—There shall be no per-22 |
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118 | 118 | | sonnel assigned or allocated to the Space Na-23 |
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119 | 119 | | tional Guard other than the personnel provided 24 |
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120 | 120 | | for by paragraphs (1) and (2). 25 |
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124 | 124 | | (B) ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL .— 1 |
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125 | 125 | | Each Space National Guard unit shall be orga-2 |
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126 | 126 | | nized under the Assistant Adjutant General for 3 |
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127 | 127 | | the Air Force in the State in which the unit is 4 |
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128 | 128 | | located on the day before the enactment of this 5 |
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129 | 129 | | Act. 6 |
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130 | 130 | | (C) E |
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131 | 131 | | FFECT ON STATES.—Except as pro-7 |
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132 | 132 | | vided in paragraphs (1) and (2), no State shall 8 |
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133 | 133 | | receive any additional personnel, to include any 9 |
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134 | 134 | | general officer or staff, to assist with the ad-10 |
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135 | 135 | | ministration and operation of the Space Na-11 |
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136 | 136 | | tional Guard 12 |
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137 | 137 | | SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON MILITARY FACILITIES, INFRASTRUC-13 |
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138 | 138 | | TURE, AND INSTALLATIONS. 14 |
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139 | 139 | | (a) I |
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140 | 140 | | NGENERAL.—The Space National Guard shall 15 |
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141 | 141 | | make use of the facilities, infrastructure, and installations 16 |
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142 | 142 | | being for space operations by the Air National Guard on 17 |
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143 | 143 | | the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 |
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144 | 144 | | (b) P |
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145 | 145 | | ROHIBITION ONNEWCONSTRUCTION.—Except 19 |
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146 | 146 | | as provided by subsection (a), no additional facility, infra-20 |
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147 | 147 | | structure, or installation shall be constructed or modified 21 |
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148 | 148 | | to accommodate the Space National Guard. 22 |
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149 | 149 | | SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 23 |
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150 | 150 | | (a) R |
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151 | 151 | | EQUIREMENT.—Except as specifically provided 24 |
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152 | 152 | | by this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief 25 |
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156 | 156 | | of the National Guard Bureau shall implement this Act 1 |
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157 | 157 | | and the amendments made by this Act not later than one 2 |
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158 | 158 | | year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3 |
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159 | 159 | | (b) B |
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160 | 160 | | RIEFINGREQUIRED.— 4 |
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161 | 161 | | (1) I |
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162 | 162 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 5 |
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163 | 163 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 6 |
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164 | 164 | | thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of the Air 7 |
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165 | 165 | | Force, the Chief of the Space Force, and the Chief 8 |
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166 | 166 | | of the National Guard Bureau shall jointly provide 9 |
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167 | 167 | | to the congressional defense committees (as defined 10 |
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168 | 168 | | in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) a 11 |
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169 | 169 | | briefing on the status of the implementation of the 12 |
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170 | 170 | | Space National Guard pursuant to this Act and the 13 |
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171 | 171 | | amendments made by this Act. 14 |
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172 | 172 | | (2) E |
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173 | 173 | | LEMENTS.—The briefing required by 15 |
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174 | 174 | | paragraph (1) shall address— 16 |
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175 | 175 | | (A) the current missions, operations and 17 |
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176 | 176 | | activities, personnel requirements and status, 18 |
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177 | 177 | | and budget and funding requirements and sta-19 |
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178 | 178 | | tus of the Space National Guard; and 20 |
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179 | 179 | | (B) such other matters with respect to the 21 |
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180 | 180 | | implementation and operation of the Space Na-22 |
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181 | 181 | | tional Guard as the Secretary and the Chiefs 23 |
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182 | 182 | | jointly determine appropriate to keep Congress 24 |
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183 | 183 | | fully and currently informed on the status of 25 |
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187 | 187 | | the implementation of the Space National 1 |
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188 | 188 | | Guard. 2 |
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189 | 189 | | SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND CLARIFICATION 3 |
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190 | 190 | | OF AUTHORITIES. 4 |
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191 | 191 | | (a) D |
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192 | 192 | | EFINITIONS.— 5 |
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193 | 193 | | (1) T |
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194 | 194 | | ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 6 |
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195 | 195 | | United States Code, is amended— 7 |
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196 | 196 | | (A) in section 101— 8 |
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197 | 197 | | (i) in subsection (c)— 9 |
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198 | 198 | | (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 10 |
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199 | 199 | | ‘‘and the Air National Guard’’ and in-11 |
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200 | 200 | | serting ‘‘, the Air National Guard, 12 |
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201 | 201 | | and the Space National Guard’’; 13 |
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202 | 202 | | (II) by redesignating paragraphs 14 |
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203 | 203 | | (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and 15 |
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204 | 204 | | (9), respectively; and 16 |
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205 | 205 | | (III) by inserting after paragraph 17 |
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206 | 206 | | (5) the following new paragraphs: 18 |
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207 | 207 | | ‘‘(6) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 19 |
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208 | 208 | | that part of the organized militia of the States speci-20 |
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209 | 209 | | fied in section 2(a)(3) of the Space National Guard 21 |
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210 | 210 | | Establishment Act of 2025, active and inactive, 22 |
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211 | 211 | | that— 23 |
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212 | 212 | | ‘‘(A) is a space force; 24 |
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216 | 216 | | ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap-1 |
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217 | 217 | | pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 2 |
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218 | 218 | | article I of the Constitution; 3 |
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219 | 219 | | ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 4 |
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220 | 220 | | wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 5 |
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221 | 221 | | ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 6 |
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222 | 222 | | ‘‘(7) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 7 |
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223 | 223 | | United States’ means the reserve component of the 8 |
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224 | 224 | | Space Force all of whose members are members of 9 |
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225 | 225 | | the Space National Guard.’’; and 10 |
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226 | 226 | | (ii) in subsection (d)— 11 |
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227 | 227 | | (I) in paragraph (4), by striking 12 |
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228 | 228 | | ‘‘or inactive Air National Guard’’ and 13 |
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229 | 229 | | inserting ‘‘, in the inactive Air Na-14 |
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230 | 230 | | tional Guard, in the inactive Space 15 |
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231 | 231 | | National Guard,’’; and 16 |
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232 | 232 | | (II) in paragraph (5), by striking 17 |
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233 | 233 | | ‘‘or the Air National Guard of the 18 |
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234 | 234 | | United States’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 19 |
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235 | 235 | | Air National Guard of the United 20 |
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236 | 236 | | States, or the Space National Guard 21 |
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237 | 237 | | of the United States’’; and 22 |
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238 | 238 | | (B) in section 10101— 23 |
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242 | 242 | | (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 1 |
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243 | 243 | | (1), by inserting ‘‘the following’’ before the 2 |
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244 | 244 | | colon; and 3 |
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245 | 245 | | (ii) by adding at the end the following 4 |
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246 | 246 | | new paragraph: 5 |
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247 | 247 | | ‘‘(8) The Space National Guard of the United 6 |
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248 | 248 | | States.’’. 7 |
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249 | 249 | | (2) T |
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250 | 250 | | ITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE .—Section 8 |
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251 | 251 | | 101 of title 32, United States Code is amended— 9 |
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252 | 252 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 10 |
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253 | 253 | | Air National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air 11 |
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254 | 254 | | National Guard of the United States, and the 12 |
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255 | 255 | | Space National Guard’’; 13 |
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256 | 256 | | (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 14 |
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257 | 257 | | Air National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 15 |
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258 | 258 | | National Guard, and the Space National 16 |
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259 | 259 | | Guard’’; 17 |
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260 | 260 | | (C) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 18 |
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261 | 261 | | through (19) as paragraphs (10) through (21), 19 |
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262 | 262 | | respectively; 20 |
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263 | 263 | | (D) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 21 |
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264 | 264 | | following new paragraphs: 22 |
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265 | 265 | | ‘‘(8) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 23 |
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266 | 266 | | that part of the organized militia of the States speci-24 |
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267 | 267 | | fied in section 2(a)(3) of the Space National Guard 25 |
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271 | 271 | | Establishment Act of 2025, active and inactive, 1 |
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272 | 272 | | that— 2 |
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273 | 273 | | ‘‘(A) is a space force; 3 |
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274 | 274 | | ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap-4 |
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275 | 275 | | pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 5 |
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276 | 276 | | article I of the Constitution; 6 |
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277 | 277 | | ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 7 |
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278 | 278 | | wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 8 |
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279 | 279 | | ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 9 |
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280 | 280 | | ‘‘(9) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 10 |
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281 | 281 | | United States’ means the reserve component of the 11 |
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282 | 282 | | Space Force all of whose members are members of 12 |
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283 | 283 | | the Space National Guard.’’; and 13 |
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284 | 284 | | (E) in paragraph (21), as redesignated by 14 |
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285 | 285 | | subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or the Air Na-15 |
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286 | 286 | | tional Guard of the United States’’ and insert-16 |
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287 | 287 | | ing ‘‘, the Air National Guard of the United 17 |
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288 | 288 | | States, or the Space National Guard of the 18 |
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289 | 289 | | United States’’. 19 |
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290 | 290 | | (b) R |
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291 | 291 | | ESERVECOMPONENTS.—Chapter 1003 of title 20 |
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292 | 292 | | 10, United States Code, is amended— 21 |
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293 | 293 | | (1) by adding at the end the following new sec-22 |
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294 | 294 | | tions: 23 |
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298 | 298 | | ‘‘§ 10115. Space National Guard of the United States: 1 |
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299 | 299 | | composition 2 |
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300 | 300 | | ‘‘The Space National Guard of the United States is 3 |
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301 | 301 | | the reserve component of the Space Force that consists 4 |
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302 | 302 | | of— 5 |
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303 | 303 | | ‘‘(1) federally recognized units and organiza-6 |
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304 | 304 | | tions of the Space National Guard; and 7 |
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305 | 305 | | ‘‘(2) members of the Space National Guard who 8 |
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306 | 306 | | are also Reserves of the Space Force. 9 |
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307 | 307 | | ‘‘§ 10116. Space National Guard: when a component of 10 |
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308 | 308 | | the Space Force 11 |
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309 | 309 | | ‘‘The Space National Guard while in the service of 12 |
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310 | 310 | | the United States is a component of the Space Force. 13 |
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311 | 311 | | ‘‘§ 10117. Space National Guard of the United States: 14 |
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312 | 312 | | status when not in Federal service 15 |
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313 | 313 | | ‘‘When not on active duty, members of the Space Na-16 |
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314 | 314 | | tional Guard of the United States shall be administered, 17 |
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315 | 315 | | armed, equipped, and trained in their status as members 18 |
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316 | 316 | | of the Space National Guard.’’; and 19 |
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317 | 317 | | (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of 20 |
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318 | 318 | | such chapter, by adding at the end the following new 21 |
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319 | 319 | | items: 22 |
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320 | 320 | | ‘‘10115. Space National Guard of the United States: composition. |
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321 | 321 | | ‘‘10116. Space National Guard: when a component of the Space Force. |
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322 | 322 | | ‘‘10117. Space National Guard of the United States: status when not in Federal |
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