[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3353-S3354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4360. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND 
                   EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NON-FEDERALIZED 
                   NATIONAL GUARD TO SUPPORT CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES 
                   IN PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC 
                   DISASTERS.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--Section 10504 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Report.--'' and 
     inserting ``Report on State of the National Guard.--(1)'';
       (2) by striking ``(b) Submission of Report to Congress.--'' 
     and inserting ``(2)'';
       (3) by striking ``annual report of the Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau'' and inserting ``annual report 
     required by paragraph (1)''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection (b):
       ``(b) Annual Report on Non-Federalized Service National 
     Guard Personnel, Training, and Equipment Requirements.--(1) 
     Not later than January 31 of each of calendar years 2017 
     through 2021, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees and the 
     officials specified in paragraph (5) a report setting forth 
     the personnel, training, and equipment required by the 
     National Guard during the next fiscal year to carry out its 
     mission, while not Federalized, to provide prevention, 
     protection mitigation, response, and recovery activities in 
     support of civilian authorities in connection with natural 
     and man-made disasters.
       ``(2) To determine the annual personnel, training, and 
     equipment requirements of the National Guard referred to in 
     paragraph (1), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
     take into account, at a minimum, the following:
       ``(A) Core civilian capabilities gaps for the prevention, 
     protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities in 
     connection with natural and man-made disasters, as collected 
     by the Department of Homeland Security from the States.
       ``(B) Threat and hazard identifications and risk 
     assessments of the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Homeland Security, and the States.
       ``(3) Personnel, training, and equipment requirements shall 
     be collected from the States, validated by the Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau, and be categorized in the report 
     required by paragraph (1) by each of the following:
       ``(A) Emergency support functions of the National Response 
     Framework.
       ``(B) Federal Emergency Management Agency regions.
       ``(4) The annual report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     prepared in consultation with the chief executive of each 
     State, other

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     appropriate civilian authorities, and the Council of 
     Governors.
       ``(5) In addition to the congressional defense committees, 
     the annual report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted to the following officials:
       ``(A) The Secretary of Defense.
       ``(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
       ``(C) The Council of Governors.
       ``(D) The Secretary of the Army.
       ``(E) The Secretary of the Air Force.
       ``(F) The Commander of the United States Northern Command.
       ``(G) The Commander of the United States Cyber Command.''.
       (b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Section heading.--The heading of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual 
       reports''.

       (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by 
     striking the item relating to section 10504 and inserting the 
     following new item:

``10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual reports.''.
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