[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4285 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4285

 To ensure National Guard members performing full-time National Guard 
duty in support of Federal law enforcement operations receive benefits 
 equivalent to those provided for service during a national emergency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2026

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure National Guard members performing full-time National Guard 
duty in support of Federal law enforcement operations receive benefits 
 equivalent to those provided for service during a national emergency.

    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 ``Guard Equal Benefits for Federal 
Missions Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TITLE 32 SERVICE AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY 
              SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 511. Treatment of certain full-time National Guard duty for 
              benefit eligibility
    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of any provision of law that 
provides benefits based on service in response to a national emergency, 
full-time National Guard duty performed under section 502(f) shall be 
treated as service in response to a national emergency if such duty--
            ``(1) is authorized by the President or the Secretary of 
        Defense; and
            ``(2) is performed in direct support of Federal law 
        enforcement operations, including operations conducted in 
        coordination with--
                    ``(A) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
                    ``(B) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
                    ``(C) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
                Explosives; or
                    ``(D) any other Federal law enforcement agency 
                designated by the Secretary of Defense; and
            ``(3) is carried out for the purpose of addressing--
                    ``(A) significant criminal activity;
                    ``(B) drug trafficking;
                    ``(C) organized crime; or
                    ``(D) other threats to public safety as determined 
                by the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(b) Benefits Covered.--Service described in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed qualifying service for purposes of--
            ``(1) section 12731 of title 10 (retirement age reduction);
            ``(2) section 1145 of title 10 (Transitional Assistance 
        Management Program);
            ``(3) chapter 33 of title 38 (Post-9/11 GI Bill); and
            ``(4) any other Federal benefit requiring service in 
        response to a national emergency.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit the authority of the President to declare a national 
emergency.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 510 the following new item:

``511. Treatment of certain full-time National Guard duty for benefit 
                            eligibility.''.
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