[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3958]
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  SA 1931. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1065. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
                   BUREAU ON THE ABILITY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO 
                   MEETS ITS MISSIONS.

       Section 10504(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Chief of the National 
     Guard Bureau'';
       (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ``, 
     through the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force,'';
       (3) by striking the second sentence; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) Each report shall include the following:
       ``(A) An assessment, prepared in conjunction with the 
     Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, of the ability of 
     the National Guard to carry out its Federal missions.
       ``(B) An assessment, prepared in conjunction with the chief 
     executive officers of the States and territories, of the 
     ability of the National Guard to carry out emergency support 
     functions of the National Response Framework.
       ``(3) Each report may be submitted in classified and 
     unclassified versions.''.
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