S.Amdt. 3821

SA 3821. Mr. PADILLA 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. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DOMESTIC USE OF THE
RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), not
later than 15 days after the date on which the President
deploys or otherwise uses members of a reserve component of
the Armed Forces at a location in the United States pursuant
to chapter 13 or 15 of title 10, United States Code, or any
other law or authority--
(1) the President shall submit to Congress a report on the
use or deployment that includes--
(A) the precise legal basis and goals of the President for
the deployment or other use, including any evidence
substantiating the assessment of the President;
(B) a description of the effect of such deployment or use
on any situation identified in such justification, including
any specific reports of any interactions between members of
the Armed Forces and civilians engaged in violence or threats
of violence;
(C) reports from local and State law enforcement agencies
describing any such interactions, including the extent of
actual violence or threat of violence, and the assessment of
such agencies of the propriety of deployment or other use of
members of the Armed Forces;
(D) an identification of the total cost to the Federal
Government of such deployment or use, including any indirect
costs borne by the Department of Defense and civilians called
up to serve in the National Guard; and
(E) a certification that such deployment or use of the
members of the reserve component will not interfere with the
ability of the Armed Forces to respond in the event of a
disaster that could be covered by a presidential declaration
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and
(2) the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall provide to
Congress a briefing on whether the deployment or use of the
reserve components resulted in a reduction of violence and
met the stated goals identified by the President under
paragraph (1)(A).
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect
to the use or deployment of members of the Armed Forces at a
location in the United States pursuant to a presidential
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in response
to a natural disaster or other weather-related event.
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