[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 211 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8742]
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  SA 3992. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DOMESTIC USE OF THE 
                   NATIONAL GUARD.

       (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 the National Guard 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, 
     the President shall submit to Congress a report on the use or 
     deployment that includes--
       (1) the precise legal basis and goals of the President for 
     the deployment or other use, including any evidence 
     substantiating the assessment of the President;
       (2) 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 National Guard and civilians engaged in violence or 
     threats of violence;
       (3) 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 National Guard;
       (4) 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
       (5) a certification that such deployment or use of the 
     members of the National Guard 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.).
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
     to the use or deployment of members of the National Guard 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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