[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5089-S5090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3288. Mr. LEE (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, 
Mr. Daines, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2026 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 B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 515. TREATMENT OF FUNDS RECEIVED BY NATIONAL GUARD 
                   BUREAU AS REIMBURSEMENT FROM STATES.

       Section 710 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Treatment of Reimbursed Funds.--Any funds received by 
     the National Guard Bureau from a State, the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin 
     Islands as reimbursement under this section for the use of 
     military property--
       ``(1) shall be credited to--
       ``(A) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring 
     the obligation; or

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       ``(B) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account 
     currently available for the purposes for which the 
     expenditures were made; and
       ``(2) may only be used by the Department of Defense for the 
     repair, maintenance, or other similar functions related 
     directly to assets used by National Guard units while 
     operating under State active duty status.''.
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