S.Amdt. 1910

SA 1910. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 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 IV, add the following:

SEC. 417. CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AUTHORITY
RELATING TO ALLOCATIONS TO STATES OF AUTHORIZED
NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

(a) Mandatory Review and Authorized Reduction.--

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(1) In general.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau--
(A) shall review each fiscal year the number of members of
the Army National Guard of the United States and the Air
National Guard of the United States serving in each State;
and
(B) if the Chief of the National Guard Bureau makes the
determination described in paragraph (2) with respect to a
State in a fiscal year, may reduce the number of members of
the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air
National Guard of the United States, as applicable, to be
allocated to serve in such State during the succeeding fiscal
years.
(2) Determination.--A determination described in this
paragraph is a determination with respect to a State that,
during any three of the five fiscal years ending in the
fiscal year in which such determination is made, the number
of members of the Army National Guard of the United States or
the Air National Guard of the United States serving in such
State is or was fewer than the number authorized for the
applicable fiscal year
(b) Administration of Reductions.--In administering
reductions under subsection (a)(1)(B), the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau shall seek to ensure that--
(1) the number of members of the Army National Guard of the
United States and the Air National Guard of the United States
serving in each State each fiscal year is commensurate with
the National Guard force structure in such State during such
fiscal year; and
(2) the number of members of the National Guard serving on
full-time duty for the purpose of organizing, administering,
recruiting, instructing, or training the National Guard
serving in each State during each fiscal year is commensurate
with the National Guard force structure in such State during
such fiscal year.
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