S.Amdt. 4360

SA 4360. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NON-FEDERALIZED
NATIONAL GUARD TO SUPPORT CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES
IN PREVENTION AND RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC
DISASTERS.

(a) Annual Report Required.--Section 10504 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Report.--'' and
inserting ``Report on State of the National Guard.--(1)'';
(2) by striking ``(b) Submission of Report to Congress.--''
and inserting ``(2)'';
(3) by striking ``annual report of the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau'' and inserting ``annual report
required by paragraph (1)''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection (b):
``(b) Annual Report on Non-Federalized Service National
Guard Personnel, Training, and Equipment Requirements.--(1)
Not later than January 31 of each of calendar years 2017
through 2021, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall
submit to the congressional defense committees and the
officials specified in paragraph (5) a report setting forth
the personnel, training, and equipment required by the
National Guard during the next fiscal year to carry out its
mission, while not Federalized, to provide prevention,
protection mitigation, response, and recovery activities in
support of civilian authorities in connection with natural
and man-made disasters.
``(2) To determine the annual personnel, training, and
equipment requirements of the National Guard referred to in
paragraph (1), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall
take into account, at a minimum, the following:
``(A) Core civilian capabilities gaps for the prevention,
protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities in
connection with natural and man-made disasters, as collected
by the Department of Homeland Security from the States.
``(B) Threat and hazard identifications and risk
assessments of the Department of Defense, the Department of
Homeland Security, and the States.
``(3) Personnel, training, and equipment requirements shall
be collected from the States, validated by the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau, and be categorized in the report
required by paragraph (1) by each of the following:
``(A) Emergency support functions of the National Response
Framework.
``(B) Federal Emergency Management Agency regions.
``(4) The annual report required by paragraph (1) shall be
prepared in consultation with the chief executive of each
State, other

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appropriate civilian authorities, and the Council of
Governors.
``(5) In addition to the congressional defense committees,
the annual report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted to the following officials:
``(A) The Secretary of Defense.
``(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
``(C) The Council of Governors.
``(D) The Secretary of the Army.
``(E) The Secretary of the Air Force.
``(F) The Commander of the United States Northern Command.
``(G) The Commander of the United States Cyber Command.''.
(b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual
reports''.

(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 10504 and inserting the
following new item:

``10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual reports.''.
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