[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1997

  To require a pilot program to assess the adoption of the Air Force 
    Expeditionary Medical Support System by the Air National Guard.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2002

 Mrs. Carnahan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a pilot program to assess the adoption of the Air Force 
    Expeditionary Medical Support System by the Air National Guard.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM ON ADOPTION OF AIR FORCE EXPEDITIONARY MEDICAL 
              SUPPORT SYSTEM BY THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Pilot Program.--(1) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
shall carry out a pilot program for purposes of assessing the 
feasibility and advisability of the adoption of the Air Force 
Expeditionary Medical Support System (EMEDS), or a modification of the 
system identified as a result of the pilot program, within the United 
States by the Air National Guard.
    (2) The Expeditionary Medical Support System is a capability for 
the rapid deployment of medical personnel and equipment in order to 
provide an immediate medical response in circumstances which require 
it.
    (b) Location of Pilot Program.--(1) The pilot program shall be 
carried out at two locations jointly selected by the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau and the Surgeon General of the Air Force for 
purposes of the pilot program.
    (2) Each site selected for the pilot program shall--
            (A) be a site at which first responder and Expeditionary 
        Medical Support System courses are conducted;
            (B) have in force agreements with one or more academic 
        health centers on the provision of training and continuing 
        education;
            (C) meet readiness requirements for Expeditionary Medical 
        Support System personnel established by the Surgeon General of 
        the Air Force; and
            (D) be co-located with an active military or civilian 
        airfield capable of supporting C-17 aircraft.
    (c) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
carry out the pilot program in consultation with the Surgeon General of 
the Air Force.
    (d) Duty of Members of Air National Guard Under Pilot Program.--(1) 
The following members of the Air National Guard may perform duties in 
connection with the pilot program:
            (A) A member on active duty as described in section 
        12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, for organizing, 
        administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Air 
        National Guard.
            (B) A member serving on full-time National Guard duty (as 
        that term is defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United 
        States Code) pursuant to an order to duty under section 502(f) 
        of title 32, United States Code.
    (2) Members of the National Guard on active duty who are performing 
duties in connection with the pilot program shall be counted against 
the annual end strength authorizations required by section 115(a)(1)(B) 
and 115(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code. The justification 
material for the defense budget request for a fiscal year shall 
identify the number of members of the Air National Guard programmed to 
perform duties in connection with the pilot program during that fiscal 
year.
    (e) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2004, the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot 
program. The report shall include the following:
            (1) A description of the pilot program.
            (2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
        the adoption of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support 
        System, or a modification of the system, within the United 
        States by the Air National Guard.
            (3) If a modification of the Expeditionary Medical Support 
        System is determined to be the most feasible and advisable 
        means of adoption of the system by the Air National Guard, a 
        description of such modification.
            (4) Any other matters relating to the pilot program that 
        the Chief of the National Guard Bureau considers appropriate.
    (f) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on September 
30, 2004.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2003, $14,000,000 for 
purposes of the pilot program.
    (2) The amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) shall 
remain available until expended.
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