[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 658 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 658

   To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize units of the 
    National Guard to conduct small arms competitions and athletic 
                 competitions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2001

Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Jeffords) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize units of the 
    National Guard to conduct small arms competitions and athletic 
                 competitions, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CONDUCT OF SMALL ARMS COMPETITIONS AND ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS 
              BY THE NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Preparation and Participation Generally.--Section 504 of title 
32, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (2);
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting:
            ``(3) prepare for and participate in small arms 
        competition; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) prepare for and participate in qualifying athletic 
        competitions.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(c)(1) Units of the National Guard may conduct a small arms 
competition or qualifying athletic competition in conjunction with 
training required under this chapter if such activity (treating the 
activity as if it were a provision of services) meets the requirements 
set forth in paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 508(a) of this 
title.
    ``(2) Facilities and equipment of the National Guard, including 
military property and vehicles described in section 508(c) of this 
title, may be used in connection with activities carried out under 
paragraph (1).
    ``(3) Except as otherwise provided in an applicable provision of an 
appropriations Act, amounts appropriated for the National Guard may be 
used to pay the costs of activities carried out under this subsection 
and expenses incurred by members of the National Guard in engaging in 
activities under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a), including 
participation fees, costs of attendance, costs of travel, per diem, 
costs of clothing, costs of equipment, and related expenses.
    ``(d) In this section, the term `qualifying athletic competition' 
means a competition in an athletic event that necessarily involves 
demonstrations by the competitors of--
            ``(1) skills relevant to the performance of military 
        duties; or
            ``(2) physical fitness consistent with the standards that 
        are applicable to members of the National Guard in evaluations 
        of the physical readiness of members for military duty in the 
        members' armed force.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 504. National Guard schools; small arms competitions; athletic 
              competitions''.
    (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:

``504. National Guard schools; small arms competitions; athletic 
                            competitions.''.
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