[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6430]
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  SA 3821. Mr. PADILLA 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. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DOMESTIC USE OF THE 
                   RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), not 
     later than 15 days after the date on which the President 
     deploys or otherwise uses members of a reserve component of 
     the Armed Forces at a location in the United States pursuant 
     to chapter 13 or 15 of title 10, United States Code, or any 
     other law or authority--
       (1) the President shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     use or deployment that includes--
       (A) the precise legal basis and goals of the President for 
     the deployment or other use, including any evidence 
     substantiating the assessment of the President;
       (B) a description of the effect of such deployment or use 
     on any situation identified in such justification, including 
     any specific reports of any interactions between members of 
     the Armed Forces and civilians engaged in violence or threats 
     of violence;
       (C) reports from local and State law enforcement agencies 
     describing any such interactions, including the extent of 
     actual violence or threat of violence, and the assessment of 
     such agencies of the propriety of deployment or other use of 
     members of the Armed Forces;
       (D) an identification of the total cost to the Federal 
     Government of such deployment or use, including any indirect 
     costs borne by the Department of Defense and civilians called 
     up to serve in the National Guard; and
       (E) a certification that such deployment or use of the 
     members of the reserve component will not interfere with the 
     ability of the Armed Forces to respond in the event of a 
     disaster that could be covered by a presidential declaration 
     under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and
       (2) the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall provide to 
     Congress a briefing on whether the deployment or use of the 
     reserve components resulted in a reduction of violence and 
     met the stated goals identified by the President under 
     paragraph (1)(A).
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
     to the use or deployment of members of the Armed Forces at a 
     location in the United States pursuant to a presidential 
     declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in response 
     to a natural disaster or other weather-related event.
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