S 1025 in Congressional Session 112

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : S 1025

 

Title : National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/19/2011--Introduced. National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011 - Reestablishes the position of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Vice Chief). Terminates the position of Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau (Director) and transfers existing duties of the Director to the Vice Chief. Adds the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Chief) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to continue the Task Force for Emergency Readiness (TFER) pilot program as a permanent FEMA program. Requires the Administrator to carry out the program in at least five states in addition to the five states in which the program is carried out as of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Chief to: (1) identify, using catastrophic disaster response plans for each state developed under the program, any gaps in state civilian and military response capabilities that federal military capabilities are unprepared to fill; (2) notify the Secretary of Defense and the respective Commanders of the U.S. Northern and Pacific Commands of any such gaps; and (3) assist, acting through the Adjutants General of the States, states in developing state plans on responses to catastrophic disaster emergencies. Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to enter into a memorandum of understanding on coordination between Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and between such departments and the states, in the use of military forces in response to domestic emergencies. Authorizes appropriations for the DOD for FY2012 for National Guard: (1) continuity of operations, continuity of government, and consequence management in connection with response to terrorist and other attacks and catastrophes; (2) emergency preparedness and response activities; and (3) staffing of joint operations coordination centers in response to terrorist and other attacks and catastrophes. States that the U.S. Northern and Pacific Commands shall be the combatant commands principally responsible for the military support of civil authorities in the United States. Requires the Commander of each Command and the Chief to enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth the operational relationships, and individual roles and responsibilities, during responses to domestic emergencies among such Commands and the National Guard Bureau. Requires the officers serving as Commander of Army North Command and Commander of Air Force North Command to be officers in the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, respectively. Directs the Secretary of Defense to modify specified regulations prescribed pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to provide for the use of available appropriated State Partnership Program funds for contacts between members of the National Guard and civilian personnel of foreign governments outside the ministry of defense on matters within the core competencies of the National Guard.

Votes

Title : National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011
Votes in the US Senate
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Votes in the US House
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Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of S 1025
 
Bill Number : S 1025

Title : National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011

Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 5/19/2011)      

ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 7/11/2011
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 6/7/2011
Sen Ayotte, Kelly [NH] - 7/12/2011
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 6/15/2011
Sen Begich, Mark [AK] - 5/23/2011
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 6/8/2011
Sen Blumenthal, Richard [CT] - 6/27/2011
Sen Boozman, John [AR] - 6/16/2011
Sen Brown, Scott P. [MA] - 6/23/2011
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 6/23/2011
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 7/6/2011
Sen Coats, Daniel [IN] - 6/15/2011
Sen Coons, Christopher A. [DE] - 5/26/2011
Sen Corker, Bob [TN] - 5/23/2011
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 7/7/2011
Sen Franken, Al [MN] - 6/21/2011
Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY] - 5/26/2011
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 5/19/2011
Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] - 6/13/2011
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 7/5/2011
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 5/26/2011
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] - 6/27/2011
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 6/13/2011
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 6/21/2011
Sen Manchin, Joe, III [WV] - 6/20/2011
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 6/13/2011
Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR] - 7/7/2011
Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 7/11/2011
Sen Pryor, Mark L. [AR] - 6/15/2011
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 6/15/2011
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 6/8/2011
Sen Shaheen, Jeanne [NH] - 6/16/2011
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 6/20/2011
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 7/6/2011
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] - 6/9/2011
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 6/29/2011
Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 6/8/2011

Other Info

Bill Number : S 1025

Title : National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011

 
MAJOR ACTIONS:
***NONE***

 
ALL ACTIONS:
 
5/19/2011:Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3173)
 
5/19/2011:Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3173-3175)