To improve the annual reports of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau on the ability of the National Guard to meet its missions.

SA 1931. Mr. LEAHY 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1065. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
BUREAU ON THE ABILITY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO
MEETS ITS MISSIONS.

Section 10504(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Chief of the National
Guard Bureau'';
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ``,
through the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force,'';
(3) by striking the second sentence; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(2) Each report shall include the following:
``(A) An assessment, prepared in conjunction with the
Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, of the ability of
the National Guard to carry out its Federal missions.
``(B) An assessment, prepared in conjunction with the chief
executive officers of the States and territories, of the
ability of the National Guard to carry out emergency support
functions of the National Response Framework.
``(3) Each report may be submitted in classified and
unclassified versions.''.
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