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A bill to provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection analysis.
To provide for modifications to the State Partnership Program selection analysis.
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Defense to modify its selection process for the State Partnership Program to consider how many military partnerships each state currently has. The bill directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to give preference to states that have only one active assigned country partnership when selecting new State Partnership Program assignments. The State Partnership Program involves military training and professional military education exchanges between state National Guard units and foreign military forces.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Rounds’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
- NULL $26,450
- APOLLO $19,250
- ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
- APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mike Rounds → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Jul 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 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. <all>
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