[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2539 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2539

To recognize the performance of the United States military in Iraq, to 
   begin the redeployment of National Guard units, and to ensure the 
                       protection of the States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2007

 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself, Ms. Clarke, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Hodes, Mr. 
 Murphy of Connecticut, and Ms. Sutton) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To recognize the performance of the United States military in Iraq, to 
   begin the redeployment of National Guard units, and to ensure the 
                       protection of the States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard Redeployment and 
Homeland Protection Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The members of the United States military serving in 
        Iraq have demonstrated the utmost bravery, honor, and sacrifice 
        for their country.
            (2) The Army National Guard and Air National Guard comprise 
        a significant portion of the enlisted personnel serving in 
        Iraq.
            (3) The Army's effort to implement the Army Force 
        Generation Model is greatly complicated by the lengthened 
        deployments of Active, Reserve, and Guard components.
            (4) The National Guard is overextended, and has frequently 
        been given less than two years of dwell-time between 
        deployments to Iraq.
            (5) Much of the equipment required to adequately train 
        National Guard units for homeland defense and combat readiness 
        is currently in use in combat zones in Iraq.
            (6) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau has testified 
        before Congress that the National Guard is not a ready force.
            (7) The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves 
        concluded that 88 percent of National Guard units are under-
        equipped in case of a domestic emergency.
            (8) Many States will not have an adequate response to 
        natural disaster due to the extended deployment of National 
        Guard units.
            (9) The National Guard motto ``Always Ready, Always There'' 
        is severely compromised by the overdeployment, extended 
        deployments, and lack of equipment of the National Guard as a 
        result of the War in Iraq.
            (10) The Constitution recognizes the National Guard as the 
        frontline defense of the homeland, and the National Guard 
        should be immediately trained and equipped to fully complete 
        that mission.

SEC. 3. REDEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD UNITS TO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Completion of Redeployment.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall complete the 
redeployment of Army National Guard and Air National Guard units 
serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom to the United States.
    (b) Return of Equipment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall return all essential 
National Guard equipment used in Operation Iraqi Freedom to the States 
for use for domestic security purposes.
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