To address the treatment of funds received by National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States.

SA 3288. Mr. LEE (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2026 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 V, add the following:

SEC. 515. TREATMENT OF FUNDS RECEIVED BY NATIONAL GUARD
BUREAU AS REIMBURSEMENT FROM STATES.

Section 710 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Treatment of Reimbursed Funds.--Any funds received by
the National Guard Bureau from a State, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin
Islands as reimbursement under this section for the use of
military property--
``(1) shall be credited to--
``(A) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring
the obligation; or

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``(B) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account
currently available for the purposes for which the
expenditures were made; and
``(2) may only be used by the Department of Defense for the
repair, maintenance, or other similar functions related
directly to assets used by National Guard units while
operating under State active duty status.''.
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