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S. 2599Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection analysis.

Sponsored by Mike RoundsSen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Introduced July 31, 2025

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This bill directs the Department of Defense to change its guidelines for choosing State Partnership Program participants. The new rules require the selection process to consider the existing number of partnerships a state's National Guard holds and to favor states that have just one active partnership. The changes affect how the program matches U.S. states with foreign partner nations.

Key Provisions

  • The Secretary of Defense must update DoD Instruction 5111.20 (or its successor) so that, when analyzing which states to select for the State Partnership Program, the analysis takes into account how many partnerships each state's National Guard currently has.
  • The updated analysis must give priority to states that have only one active partner country under the program.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

July 31, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

July 31, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

July 31, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 31, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2599

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 31, 2025

Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection analysis.

1.

State partnership program selection analysis

The Secretary of Defense shall make such changes to Department of Defense Instruction 5111.20 (relating to the State Partnership Program) (or a successor instruction) as may be necessary to ensure that, in performing selection analysis for the State Partnership Program under section 341 of title 10, United States Code, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau—

(1)

considers the number of current partnerships assigned to the National Guard of a State; and

(2)

gives preference to States that have only one active assigned country under the program.