National Guard COVID–19 Response Stability Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6980 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6980

To extend the period in which Governors of States may order members of 
 the National Guard to active duty in connection with the Coronavirus 
            Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2020

Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire (for herself, Mr. Pappas, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
 Norton, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of 
 New York, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, 
Ms. Underwood, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. 
 Eshoo, Ms. Wexton, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. 
  Schneider, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
  Cohen, Mr. Trone, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Rush, Ms. Brownley of 
  California, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mr. Danny K. 
     Davis of Illinois, Mr. Welch, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. 
O'Halleran, Mr. Cisneros, and Ms. Craig) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the period in which Governors of States may order members of 
 the National Guard to active duty in connection with the Coronavirus 
            Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard COVID-19 Response 
Stability Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PERIOD IN WHICH GOVERNORS OF STATES MAY ORDER 
              MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 
              CONNECTION WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19).

    (a) In General.--The period in which the Governor of a State may 
order members of the National Guard to active duty under section 502(f) 
of title 32, United States Code, for duty in connection with the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency in 
accordance with, and in a manner covered by, the Memoranda on Providing 
Federal Support for Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to 
COVID-19 shall extend through the date that is 30 days after the 
termination of that public health emergency.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public 
        health emergency'' means the public health emergency under 
        section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
        that was declared on January 31, 2020, and renewed on April 21, 
        2020, in connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
        19).
            (2) The term ``Memoranda on Providing Federal Support for 
        Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19'' 
        means the memoranda of the President on the provision of 
        Federal support for Governors' use of the National Guard to 
        respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), including 
        such memoranda issued on March 22, March 28, March 30, April 2, 
        April 7, April 13, April 20, April 28, and May 8, 2020, and any 
        successor memorandum.
            (3) The term ``Governor of a State'' means the following:
                    (A) The Governor of a State or the Commonwealth of 
                Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands.
                    (B) The commanding general of the District of 
                Columbia National Guard.
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