SUN Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2803 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2803

To provide for congressional oversight of domestic use of the National 
                     Guard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2025

 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Duckworth, and 
Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for congressional oversight of domestic use of the National 
                     Guard, 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 ``Safeguarding the Use of the National 
Guard Act'' or the ``SUN Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF DOMESTIC USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

    (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 the National Guard 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, the President shall submit to Congress a report 
on the use or deployment that includes--
            (1) the precise legal basis and goals of the President for 
        the deployment or other use, including any evidence 
        substantiating the assessment of the President;
            (2) 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 
        National Guard and civilians engaged in violence or threats of 
        violence;
            (3) 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 National Guard;
            (4) an estimate of the total cost to the Federal Government 
        for the entirety of the deployment or use, including any 
        indirect costs to the Department of Defense; and
            (5) a certification that such deployment or use of the 
        members of the National Guard 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.).
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the 
use or deployment of members of the National Guard 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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