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Guarding Readiness Resources Act

To provide for the crediting of funds received by the National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States.

Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Latest action (Feb 27, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Legislative subjects (2)
Intergovernmental relationsNational Guard and reserves

Summary

This bill amends the law governing the National Guard to establish how funds received by the National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States for the use of military property shall be credited and used. Reimbursed funds must be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account originally used for the expenditure, or to another appropriate account available for the same purposes. The reimbursed funds may only be used by the Department of Defense for repair, maintenance, replacement, or similar functions directly related to assets used by National Guard units operating under State active duty status.

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Sponsor (1)
24 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

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  • S 807 — Guarding Readiness Resources Act · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 4042 — STATES Act · Introduced Jun 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 2421 — Protecting Taxpayer Resources Act · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 1824 — Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 5893 — GUARD Act · Introduced Oct 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 8724 — Providing Resources and Oversight for Tactical Equipment to Communities and Troops Act · Introduced May 11, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 27, 2025

Mr. Harrigan (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for the crediting of funds received by the National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from States.

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 “Guarding Readiness Resources Act”.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF FUNDS RECEIVED BY NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS REIMBURSEMENT FROM STATES.

Section 710 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(g) Treatment of Reimbursed Funds.—Any funds received by the National Guard Bureau from a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands as reimbursement under this section for the use of military property—

“(1) shall be credited to—

“(A) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation; or

“(B) an appropriate appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the purposes for which the expenditures were made; and

“(2) may only be used by the Department of Defense for the repair, maintenance, replacement, or other similar functions related directly to assets used by National Guard units while operating under State active duty status.”. <all>

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