S.Amdt. 1748
What it does: Adds SEC. 904. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COMMAND POSITIONS at the end of subtitle A of title IX
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 904. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COMMAND POSITIONS at the end of subtitle A of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
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Inserted: SEC. 904. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COMMAND POSITIONS.
Inserted: (a) Commander of Army North Command.--The officer serving in the position of Commander, Army North Command, shall be an officer in the Army National Guard of the United States.
Inserted: (b) Commander of Air Force North Command.--The officer serving in the position of Commander, Air Force North Command, shall be an officer in the Air National Guard of the United States.
Inserted: (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, in assigning officers to the command positions specified in subsections (a) and (b), the President should afford a preference in assigning officers in the Army National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, as applicable, who have served as the adjutant general of a State.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title IX, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1748. Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Bond) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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 A of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 904. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COMMAND POSITIONS.
(a) Commander of Army North Command.--The officer serving in the position of Commander, Army North Command, shall be an officer in the Army National Guard of the United States.
(b) Commander of Air Force North Command.--The officer serving in the position of Commander, Air Force North Command, shall be an officer in the Air National Guard of the United States.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, in assigning officers to the command positions specified in subsections (a) and (b), the President should afford a preference in assigning officers in the Army National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, as applicable, who have served as the adjutant general of a State.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 22, 2009