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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 2042
55 To establish the Space National Guard.
66 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
77 MARCH11, 2025
88 Mr. C
99 ROW(for himself and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the following bill; which
1010 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
1111 A BILL
1212 To establish the Space National Guard.
1313 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1414 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1515 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
1616 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Space National Guard 4
1717 Establishment Act of 2025’’. 5
1818 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 6
1919 (a) E
2020 STABLISHMENT.— 7
2121 (1) I
2222 N GENERAL.—There is established a Space 8
2323 National Guard that is part of the organized militia 9
2424 of the States specified in paragraph (3), active and 10
2525 inactive, that— 11
2626 (A) is a space force; 12
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3030 (B) is trained, and has its officers ap-1
3131 pointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 2
3232 article I of the Constitution; 3
3333 (C) is organized, armed, and equipped 4
3434 wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 5
3535 (D) is federally recognized. 6
3636 (2) R
3737 ESERVE COMPONENT .—The Space Na-7
3838 tional Guard shall be the reserve component of the 8
3939 Space Force all of whose members are members of 9
4040 the Space National Guard. 10
4141 (3) S
4242 TATES SPECIFIED.—The States specified 11
4343 in this paragraph are: 12
4444 (A) Alaska. 13
4545 (B) California. 14
4646 (C) Colorado. 15
4747 (D) Florida. 16
4848 (E) Hawaii. 17
4949 (F) New York. 18
5050 (G) Ohio. 19
5151 (b) C
5252 OMPOSITION.— 20
5353 (1) D
5454 IRECTOR OF THE SPACE NATIONAL 21
5555 GUARD.— 22
5656 (A) I
5757 N GENERAL.—The Director of Space 23
5858 Operations for the National Guard Bureau shall 24
5959 be transferred to the Space National Guard and 25
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6363 be known as the Director of the Space National 1
6464 Guard. 2
6565 (B) R
6666 ANK.—The Director of the Space 3
6767 National Guard shall carry the rank of Briga-4
6868 dier General and shall report to the Director of 5
6969 the Air National Guard. 6
7070 (2) T
7171 RANSFER OF SPACE OPERATIONS .— 7
7272 (A) I
7373 N GENERAL.—The staff assigned to 8
7474 space operations in the National Guard Bureau, 9
7575 and the units specified in subparagraph (B), 10
7676 shall be transferred to the Space National 11
7777 Guard. 12
7878 (B) U
7979 NITS SPECIFIED.—The units speci-13
8080 fied in this subparagraph are the following: 14
8181 (i) 213th Space Warning Squadron, 15
8282 Alaska Air National Guard. 16
8383 (ii) 148th Space Operations Squad-17
8484 ron, California Air National Guard. 18
8585 (iii) 216th Electromagnetic Warfare 19
8686 Squadron, California Air National Guard. 20
8787 (iv) 234th Intelligence Squadron, 21
8888 California Air National Guard. 22
8989 (v) 137th Space Warning Squadron, 23
9090 Colorado Air National Guard. 24
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9494 (vi) 138th Electromagnetic Warfare 1
9595 Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 2
9696 (vii) 233d Space Group, Colorado Air 3
9797 National Guard. 4
9898 (viii) 233d Space Communications 5
9999 Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard. 6
100100 (ix) 233d Space Group, Det-1 (Com-7
101101 bat Training Detachment) Colorado Air 8
102102 National Guard. 9
103103 (x) 114th Electromagnetic Warfare 10
104104 Squadron, Florida Air National Guard. 11
105105 (xi) 150th Electromagnetic Warfare 12
106106 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 13
107107 (xii) 109th Electromagnetic Warfare 14
108108 Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard. 15
109109 (xiii) 126th Intelligence Squadron, 16
110110 Ohio Air National Guard. 17
111111 (xiv) 222nd Command and Control 18
112112 Squadron, New York Air National Guard. 19
113113 (3) P
114114 ROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL PER -20
115115 SONNEL.— 21
116116 (A) I
117117 N GENERAL.—There shall be no per-22
118118 sonnel assigned or allocated to the Space Na-23
119119 tional Guard other than the personnel provided 24
120120 for by paragraphs (1) and (2). 25
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124124 (B) ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL .— 1
125125 Each Space National Guard unit shall be orga-2
126126 nized under the Assistant Adjutant General for 3
127127 the Air Force in the State in which the unit is 4
128128 located on the day before the enactment of this 5
129129 Act. 6
130130 (C) E
131131 FFECT ON STATES.—Except as pro-7
132132 vided in paragraphs (1) and (2), no State shall 8
133133 receive any additional personnel, to include any 9
134134 general officer or staff, to assist with the ad-10
135135 ministration and operation of the Space Na-11
136136 tional Guard 12
137137 SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON MILITARY FACILITIES, INFRASTRUC-13
138138 TURE, AND INSTALLATIONS. 14
139139 (a) I
140140 NGENERAL.—The Space National Guard shall 15
141141 make use of the facilities, infrastructure, and installations 16
142142 being for space operations by the Air National Guard on 17
143143 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 18
144144 (b) P
145145 ROHIBITION ONNEWCONSTRUCTION.—Except 19
146146 as provided by subsection (a), no additional facility, infra-20
147147 structure, or installation shall be constructed or modified 21
148148 to accommodate the Space National Guard. 22
149149 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 23
150150 (a) R
151151 EQUIREMENT.—Except as specifically provided 24
152152 by this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief 25
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156156 of the National Guard Bureau shall implement this Act 1
157157 and the amendments made by this Act not later than one 2
158158 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3
159159 (b) B
160160 RIEFINGREQUIRED.— 4
161161 (1) I
162162 N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 5
163163 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 6
164164 thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of the Air 7
165165 Force, the Chief of the Space Force, and the Chief 8
166166 of the National Guard Bureau shall jointly provide 9
167167 to the congressional defense committees (as defined 10
168168 in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) a 11
169169 briefing on the status of the implementation of the 12
170170 Space National Guard pursuant to this Act and the 13
171171 amendments made by this Act. 14
172172 (2) E
173173 LEMENTS.—The briefing required by 15
174174 paragraph (1) shall address— 16
175175 (A) the current missions, operations and 17
176176 activities, personnel requirements and status, 18
177177 and budget and funding requirements and sta-19
178178 tus of the Space National Guard; and 20
179179 (B) such other matters with respect to the 21
180180 implementation and operation of the Space Na-22
181181 tional Guard as the Secretary and the Chiefs 23
182182 jointly determine appropriate to keep Congress 24
183183 fully and currently informed on the status of 25
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187187 the implementation of the Space National 1
188188 Guard. 2
189189 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND CLARIFICATION 3
190190 OF AUTHORITIES. 4
191191 (a) D
192192 EFINITIONS.— 5
193193 (1) T
194194 ITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 6
195195 United States Code, is amended— 7
196196 (A) in section 101— 8
197197 (i) in subsection (c)— 9
198198 (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 10
199199 ‘‘and the Air National Guard’’ and in-11
200200 serting ‘‘, the Air National Guard, 12
201201 and the Space National Guard’’; 13
202202 (II) by redesignating paragraphs 14
203203 (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and 15
204204 (9), respectively; and 16
205205 (III) by inserting after paragraph 17
206206 (5) the following new paragraphs: 18
207207 ‘‘(6) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 19
208208 that part of the organized militia of the States speci-20
209209 fied in section 2(a)(3) of the Space National Guard 21
210210 Establishment Act of 2025, active and inactive, 22
211211 that— 23
212212 ‘‘(A) is a space force; 24
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216216 ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap-1
217217 pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 2
218218 article I of the Constitution; 3
219219 ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 4
220220 wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 5
221221 ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 6
222222 ‘‘(7) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 7
223223 United States’ means the reserve component of the 8
224224 Space Force all of whose members are members of 9
225225 the Space National Guard.’’; and 10
226226 (ii) in subsection (d)— 11
227227 (I) in paragraph (4), by striking 12
228228 ‘‘or inactive Air National Guard’’ and 13
229229 inserting ‘‘, in the inactive Air Na-14
230230 tional Guard, in the inactive Space 15
231231 National Guard,’’; and 16
232232 (II) in paragraph (5), by striking 17
233233 ‘‘or the Air National Guard of the 18
234234 United States’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 19
235235 Air National Guard of the United 20
236236 States, or the Space National Guard 21
237237 of the United States’’; and 22
238238 (B) in section 10101— 23
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242242 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 1
243243 (1), by inserting ‘‘the following’’ before the 2
244244 colon; and 3
245245 (ii) by adding at the end the following 4
246246 new paragraph: 5
247247 ‘‘(8) The Space National Guard of the United 6
248248 States.’’. 7
249249 (2) T
250250 ITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE .—Section 8
251251 101 of title 32, United States Code is amended— 9
252252 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the 10
253253 Air National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air 11
254254 National Guard of the United States, and the 12
255255 Space National Guard’’; 13
256256 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 14
257257 Air National Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 15
258258 National Guard, and the Space National 16
259259 Guard’’; 17
260260 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 18
261261 through (19) as paragraphs (10) through (21), 19
262262 respectively; 20
263263 (D) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 21
264264 following new paragraphs: 22
265265 ‘‘(8) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 23
266266 that part of the organized militia of the States speci-24
267267 fied in section 2(a)(3) of the Space National Guard 25
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271271 Establishment Act of 2025, active and inactive, 1
272272 that— 2
273273 ‘‘(A) is a space force; 3
274274 ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap-4
275275 pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 5
276276 article I of the Constitution; 6
277277 ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 7
278278 wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 8
279279 ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 9
280280 ‘‘(9) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 10
281281 United States’ means the reserve component of the 11
282282 Space Force all of whose members are members of 12
283283 the Space National Guard.’’; and 13
284284 (E) in paragraph (21), as redesignated by 14
285285 subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or the Air Na-15
286286 tional Guard of the United States’’ and insert-16
287287 ing ‘‘, the Air National Guard of the United 17
288288 States, or the Space National Guard of the 18
289289 United States’’. 19
290290 (b) R
291291 ESERVECOMPONENTS.—Chapter 1003 of title 20
292292 10, United States Code, is amended— 21
293293 (1) by adding at the end the following new sec-22
294294 tions: 23
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298298 ‘‘§ 10115. Space National Guard of the United States: 1
299299 composition 2
300300 ‘‘The Space National Guard of the United States is 3
301301 the reserve component of the Space Force that consists 4
302302 of— 5
303303 ‘‘(1) federally recognized units and organiza-6
304304 tions of the Space National Guard; and 7
305305 ‘‘(2) members of the Space National Guard who 8
306306 are also Reserves of the Space Force. 9
307307 ‘‘§ 10116. Space National Guard: when a component of 10
308308 the Space Force 11
309309 ‘‘The Space National Guard while in the service of 12
310310 the United States is a component of the Space Force. 13
311311 ‘‘§ 10117. Space National Guard of the United States: 14
312312 status when not in Federal service 15
313313 ‘‘When not on active duty, members of the Space Na-16
314314 tional Guard of the United States shall be administered, 17
315315 armed, equipped, and trained in their status as members 18
316316 of the Space National Guard.’’; and 19
317317 (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of 20
318318 such chapter, by adding at the end the following new 21
319319 items: 22
320320 ‘‘10115. Space National Guard of the United States: composition.
321321 ‘‘10116. Space National Guard: when a component of the Space Force.
322322 ‘‘10117. Space National Guard of the United States: status when not in Federal
323323 service.’’.
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