[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4617

 To exempt National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty 
  end strength limits and to clarify the congressional committees to 
    which the Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report on 
                    security cooperation activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers from active-duty 
  end strength limits and to clarify the congressional committees to 
    which the Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report on 
                    security cooperation activities.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF NATIONAL GUARD BILATERAL AFFAIRS OFFICERS FROM 
              ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH LIMITS AND MODIFICATION OF 
              ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING SECURITY 
              COOPERATION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Exemption of National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officers From 
Active-Duty End Strength Limits.--Section 115(i) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(14) Members of the National Guard on active duty or 
        full-time National Guard duty serving as Bilateral Affairs 
        Officers as part of the National Guard State Partnership 
        Program.''.
    (b) Modification of Annual Reporting Requirement Regarding Security 
Cooperation Activities.--Section 386(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
and inserting ``congressional defense committees''.
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