[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3078-S3079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5930. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 C of title V, add the following:

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     SEC. 529E. CORRECTION OF NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATION ORDERS AND 
                   PERSONNEL RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN 
                   CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

       (a) Identification of Affected Personnel.--Not later than 
     90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau and the Secretary of the Air Force, 
     shall identify members of the Air National Guard whose 
     activation orders, deployment records, pay, allowances, tax 
     documentation, or other personnel records were adversely 
     affected by transitions between named military operations 
     conducted during 2025 and 2026, including Operation Southern 
     Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve, Operation Spartan Shield, 
     and Operation Epic Fury.
       (b) Correction of Records.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     take such actions as may be necessary to--
       (1) ensure that official military personnel records 
     accurately reflect the dates and locations of service 
     performed in support of each named operation, including 
     correct mission attribution records, deployment 
     documentation, operational duty-location records, and other 
     activation or mobilization records for personnel identified 
     pursuant to subsection (a);
       (2) correct any pay, allowance, entitlement, tax-exclusion 
     eligibility, or debt-related discrepancies resulting from 
     inaccurate or incomplete activation or deployment records; 
     and
       (3) ensure that no member experiences a loss of eligibility 
     for any Federal benefit, entitlement, or service-connected 
     determination, including benefits administered by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, as a result of inaccuracies 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Report and Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report and provide 
     a briefing on the implementation of this section. Such report 
     shall include--
       (1) the number of personnel identified under subsection 
     (a);
       (2) the status of corrections made pursuant to subsection 
     (b);
       (3) any unresolved issues affecting pay, allowances, tax 
     records, personnel records, deployment histories, or other 
     military records;
       (4) an assessment of the factors that caused activation-
     order discrepancies, personnel-record inaccuracies, pay and 
     entitlement errors, debt assessments, tax-reporting issues, 
     and other administrative deficiencies associated with 
     transitions between named military operations during 2025 and 
     2026, including Operation Southern Spear and Operation Epic 
     Fury;
       (5) an assessment of any limitations within the Department 
     of Defense regulations, policies, personnel systems, orders-
     management systems, funding authorities, or administrative 
     processes that contributed to such discrepancies and 
     deficiencies;
       (6) a description of actions taken or planned to ensure 
     timely correction of activation orders, deployment records, 
     pay records, tax documentation, and other affected personnel 
     records; and
       (7) an assessment of whether additional authorities are 
     required to ensure accurate and timely correction of National 
     Guard and Reserve activation and deployment records.
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