Report on effect of equipment shortfalls on National Guard ability to assist in disaster response

Chapter 9 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 909. Report on effect of equipment availability to assist in disaster response Not later than March 31 of the next fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report with respect to each fiscal year on— (1) equipment shortfalls in the National Guard of each State; (2) the effect of such shortfalls in the ability of the National Guard of a State to provide assistance or conduct operations related to disaster response, including with respect to hurricanes; and (3) recommendations for addressing the shortfalls, including through modernization and preposition of equipment in disaster-prone States..